Known as the Parish Fields (currently privately owned) this area of land should be designated and set aside as Local Green Space - it is unique to Diss.

In 1964, John Betjeman (later Poet Laureate) visited Diss to make a film called 'Something about Diss', and he remarked on Parish Fields, "On the other side of Mount Street do you see that bit of country? … A bit of
country coming right into the town - a little park".

This oasis of beautiful green land should be preserved for the inhabitants of Diss in perpetuity; it should never be built on and the label, 'Reasonable Alternative' should be removed. Once such a "bit of country" such as this has gone, it has gone forever. Used for grazing cattle there is a plethora of wild-life living on this land.

In 1997, this parcel of land was recorded in the Norfolk Gardens Survey Report, commissioned by English Heritage, and given a Grade** (regional importance) listing.

In 1998, it was designated as Norfolk Historic Environment Record site 33463, ' The only example of a detached landscape park within a town in Norfolk'.