Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
52.41307, 1.69965
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Country park — good for group day out
Free
Country park — managed habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Moderate match
Country park — mixed habitats
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Way Boy WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandy Lanepublic footpath · 127 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 127 mPath type: residential
The Avenuepublic footpath · 87 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mPath type: residential
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Southwald to Reedham Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Regional cycle route
Route 517Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 517National Cycle Network
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route106 m▾
Named routeRef 517Length 106 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Wind turbines from footpath, Kessingland
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
77,405 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
77,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Greenfinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TealAnas crecca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Minotaur Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Red-belted Cleaver · Marmalade Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria +5
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Saucer Bug
Lords-and-Ladies · Spear Thistle · Holly · Sweet Violet · Lesser Celandine +31
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Greenfinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TealAnas crecca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Minotaur Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Red-belted Cleaver · Marmalade Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria +5
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Saucer Bug
Lords-and-Ladies · Spear Thistle · Holly · Sweet Violet · Lesser Celandine +31
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ilyocoris cimicoides
Ilyocoris cimicoides
Apion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentarium7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisLenten-roseHelleborus orientalisLenten-roseHelleborus orientalisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusCommon ReedPhragmites australisCommon ReedPhragmites australisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennis