Wild Flower Meadow - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.07231, 1.14235
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sandlings WalkWalking route89 km▾
Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (St Augustine's route)Walking route▾
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Sandlings Walk (Heath Road route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Fonnereau WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
188 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
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Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
48,153 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,153 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +38
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · Harlequin Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Dandelion · Bramble · Ribwort Plantain · Perennial Rye-grass · Creeping Buttercup +41
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BrambleRubus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,153 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +38
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · Harlequin Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Dandelion · Bramble · Ribwort Plantain · Perennial Rye-grass · Creeping Buttercup +41
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BrambleRubus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
