How Hill & Toad Hole Cottage
How Hill
Classic Broads scenery on the River Ant, with a Edwardian-era house on a grassy hill, a windmill and a museum of eel-catcher cottages.
How Hill sits on the River Ant, where grassy slopes, reed beds and the Turf Fen windmill form the classic Norfolk Broads view. At the foot of the hill, Toad Hole Cottage was home to 19th-century eel catchers and marsh workers. It has been restored with period furnishings and is free to visit. In summer you can take the electric boat “Electric Eel” along the waterways for about 50 minutes to observe the reed-bed ecology. The cottage and boat trips usually run from about April to October, while the How Hill house itself is a study centre and is not open to the public.
Opening hours
Cabin approx. Apr–Oct, 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- St Benet's Abbey
- Museum of the Broads
- Ranworth Broad & St Helen's Church
- Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden
- BeWILDerwood
- Hickling Broad
- Wroxham & Hoveton
- Horsey Windpump