Cockshoot Broad

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Norfolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Cockshoot Broad

| photo = Cockshoot Broad - geograph.org.uk - 400778.jpg

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| type = Nature reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TG 343 165

| location = Norwich, Norfolk

| area = {{convert| 5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| manager = Norfolk Wildlife Trust

}}

Cockshoot Broad is a {{convert| 5 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} nature reserve north-east of Norwich in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/cockshoot-broad |title= Cockshoot Broad |publisher= Norfolk Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 10 July 2018}} It is part of the Bure Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest,{{Cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000880&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View:Bure Broads and Marshes |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 16 May 2018}} and the Broadland Ramsar site{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11010&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Broadland | series= Ramsar Sites|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25 May 2018}} and Special Protection Area,{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9009253&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Broadland | series= Special Protection Areas|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25 May 2018}} and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013577&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: The Broads | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25 May 2018}} It is also part of the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1006026&SiteName=bure&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Bure Marshes | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25 May 2018}}

and Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=55–56 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521 21403 3 }}

The water quality of this broad is very high and it has large beds of water lilies, which provide a habitat for many insects, including red eyed and variable damselflies.

Access to the boardwalk through the site is by boat only.

{{commons category|Cockshoot Broad}}