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📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

52.33517, 1.61134

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Little Egret, Black-headed Gull, Curlew +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Little Egret, Black-headed Gull, Curlew +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Alexanders, Bristly Oxtongue, Evergreen Oak +1 more foraging species

Varies

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Yarrow, Alexanders, Himalayan Balsam +10 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yarrow, Alexanders, Himalayan Balsam +10 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 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
Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
St Helena TrailWalking route

St Helena Trail, Dunwich Forest. Signposted with orange arrows

Named routeLocal walking route
Reebed RambleWalking route
Named route
Marsh MeanderWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 42Cycling route
Named routeRef 42Regional cycle route
Southwald to Reedham Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 31Regional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route1.4 km
Named routeRef 31Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 31Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.6 km
Named routeRef 31Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sharp bend on the A12

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sharp bend on the A12

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🌱St Edmund's GreenUrban park4.7 km→🌱St Edmund's GreenUrban park4.7 km→🌱The GreenUrban park4.3 km→🌱Tibby's GreenUrban park4.6 km→🌱Bartholomew GreenUrban park4.6 km→✦HENHAMHistoric site1.2 km→

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