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A useful outdoor place with open-data visitor information.
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.14409, 1.35365
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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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
Pinewood Walk (Blue Route), Sutton HooWalking route2 km▾
Not suitable for wheelchairs or personal mobility vehicles.
https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/sutton-hoo-national-trust
Named routeLength 2 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
The Tide Mill WalkWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 kmLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route84 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Thong Hall Road & The Green Postbox
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Swift · Jay · Pheasant · Blackcap · Lesser Whitethroat +37
- SwiftApus apus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2023
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Daubenton's Bat · Badger · Hedgehog · Bat · Otter +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BatChiroptera2023
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2022
Wall Lizard · Grass Snake
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2020
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Toad
Banded Demoiselle · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +26
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Creeping Thistle · Walnut · Ash · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Indian Horse-chestnut +15
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- WalnutJuglans regia2019
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Indian Horse-chestnutAesculus indica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Yarrow
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Swift · Jay · Pheasant · Blackcap · Lesser Whitethroat +37
- SwiftApus apus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2023
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Daubenton's Bat · Badger · Hedgehog · Bat · Otter +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BatChiroptera2023
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2022
Wall Lizard · Grass Snake
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2020
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Toad
Banded Demoiselle · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +26
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Creeping Thistle · Walnut · Ash · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Indian Horse-chestnut +15
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- WalnutJuglans regia2019
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Indian Horse-chestnutAesculus indica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Yarrow
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Indet. Deer
Indet. Deer
Cervidae2021
Cervidae2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2021Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2021Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2021Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusOtiorhynchus auriferOtiorhynchus auriferOtiorhynchus auriferOtiorhynchus auriferCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensRhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellusBrown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2021Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2021Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2021Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2020Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2020Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumMistletoeViscum albumMistletoeViscum albumJersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbumJersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbumSpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliataSpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliataFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataHoop-petticoat DaffodilNarcissus bulbocodiumHoop-petticoat DaffodilNarcissus bulbocodiumWood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2021Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2021Events & activities nearby
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