The walk starts at the Green Britain Centre car park (144/819097) alongside the giant wind turbine that dominates the skyline. If the car park is closed, there is plenty of parking on the industrial estate. After a visit to the town centre it enters some quiet green lanes with a chance to relax before returning to the start. At the end of the walk there is a chance to visit the modern Green Britain Centre and / or climb up the tallest wind turbine in Europe.
[1] Leave the car park to join the A1065 to the right towards the town. In 100 yards take a small path on the left immediately after a garage forecourt. Follow the path to a road and turn right. By a duck pond on the right, climb up the embankment of the old railway using a path on the left. Turn right onto the line of the railway and turn left where the paths fork. Take this track to a stile by the bypass. Turn right and in 100 yards left along a bridleway until reaching an underpass.
[2] Turn right down a grass track. In 200 yards turn left and follow the track until reaching the old A47 and the line of the old railway. Cross the road and take Hill Close Lane and in 50 yards turn right along a grassy lane. At a T-junction turn right to rejoin the Swaefas Way. At the road turn right, past some farm buildings and take a footpath to the right before the start of the houses. Cross the field to the stile to the right of some houses and onto the road. Cross the road and go down Boxes Lane. At a cross path turn left behind bungalows to come to a road. Turn left towards the town centre. At the road junction cross and go up steps to Antihams and cross to the Campingland. Go through the iron gates and the churchyard to the Buttermarket and town centre.
[3] The Church is well worth a visit to see the ornate hammer beam roof paid for by John Chapman the Pedlar of Swaffham. The Buttermarket, with its distinctive cross, is always busy especially on Saturdays.The area around the market is full of interesting buildings.
Turn left along the market place. Where the road narrows cross over to leave by Cley Road. After 400 yards take a turn to the right signed Shoemakers Lane leading to sports fields. In just over a mile the path goes downhill. Halfway down the slope there is a path to the right. Take this path across a field to meet a cross track. Turn right back towards the town. At a Y-junction, where the water tower is straight ahead, take the left fork. At the next road go straight ahead to join the old A47.
[4] Turn right and in a very short distance take the left turn around a filling station. In 250 yards cross over the old railway and immediately turn right along Bears Lane. At the end of the lane turn left to return to the starting point.