List of Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk
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List of Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk

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Site	Photograph	Area	Location	District	Other classifications	Map	Details	Description

Alderman Canal East	Alderman Canal East	1.6 hectares (4.0 acres)	Ipswich 52°03′25″N 1°08′31″E / 52.057°N 1.142°E TM 155 445	Ipswich	Map	Details	A path runs a long a canalised part of the River Gipping, and the site also has reedbeds, a ditch and grassland with tall herbs.

Alderman Canal West	Alderman Canal West	1.0 hectare (2.5 acres)	Ipswich 52°03′18″N 1°08′24″E / 52.055°N 1.14°E TM 154 443	Ipswich	Map	Details	Paths run along the canal and through reedbeds. There is also grassland with tall herbs, and the canal bank has rare wetland flora.

Arger Fen	Arger Fen	17.6 hectares (43 acres)	Assington 51°58′59″N 0°48′47″E / 51.983°N 0.813°E TL 933 354	Babergh	DVAONB, SSSI, SWT	Map	Details	This site has ancient woodland and wet meadows. There is a diverse range of tree species, including wild cherry, field maple and crab apple.

Aspal Close	Aspal Close	18.9 hectares (47 acres)	Beck Row 52°22′08″N 0°29′35″E / 52.369°N 0.493°E TL 698 775	Forest Heath	Map	Details	This site has grassland, woodland and scrub. Almost 300 plant and six bat species have been recorded, and there are around 200 ancient oaks, some of which may be 1,000 years old.

Barton Mills Valley	Barton Mills Valley	10.7 hectares (26 acres)	Mildenhall 52°20′13″N 0°31′30″E / 52.337°N 0.525°E TL 721 740	Forest Heath	SSSI	Map	Details	This diverse site has reedbeds, alder carr, willow carr and sedge areas. There are picnic benches, a car park and disabled access.

Bixley Heath	Bixley Heath	5.1 hectares (13 acres)	Ipswich 52°02′31″N 1°12′18″E / 52.042°N 1.205°E TM 199 430	Ipswich	SSSI	Map	Details	This site has areas of dry heath on high ground and swamp in a valley bottom. The heath is dominated by common heather, and other plants include bell heather and sheep's fescue.

Bobbits Lane	Bobbits Lane	16.1 hectares (40 acres)	Ipswich 52°01′48″N 1°07′41″E / 52.03°N 1.128°E TM 147 415	Ipswich	Map	Details	Grassy paths run through these wet meadows. Fauna include otters, water voles, kingfishers, egrets and toads.

Bourne Park Reed Beds	Bourne Park Reed Beds	7.4 hectares (18 acres)	Ipswich 52°01′55″N 1°08′20″E / 52.032°N 1.139°E TM 154 417	Ipswich	Map	Details	This nature reserve in Bourne Park is a linear area of reed beds, scrub woodland and tall herb fen, along the north bank of Belstead Brook.

Bramford Meadows	Bramford Meadows	9.0 hectares (22 acres)	Bramford 52°04′34″N 1°06′14″E / 52.076°N 1.104°E TM 128 465	Mid Suffolk	Map	Details	This site on the east bank of the River Gipping has grassland and scrub, and it is crossed by wet ditches and the former course of the river.

Bridge Wood	Bridge Wood	31.0 hectares (77 acres)	Ipswich 52°01′08″N 1°11′02″E / 52.019°N 1.184°E TM 186 404	Ipswich	Map	Details	This site has been managed as woodland at least since 1600, and it has several ancient oaks. There are also areas of pine, which are being thinned to create a more mixed woodland.

Broom Hill, Hadleigh	Broom Hill	3.9 hectares (9.6 acres)	Hadleigh 52°02′35″N 0°56′38″E / 52.043°N 0.944°E TM 020 424	Babergh	Map	Details	This former quarry is now covered with woodland, grassland and scrub. There are many ancient trees, together with pollarded oaks and small-leaved limes, which had high branches removed, and coppiced hazel and lime trees, which were cut at ground level.

Church Meadow	Church Meadow	3.8 hectares (9.4 acres)	Stowmarket 52°10′23″N 0°59′49″E / 52.173°N 0.997°E TM 050 570	Mid Suffolk	Map	Details	This was formerly the garden of Combs Hall, which was demolished in 1756. Surviving features include earth banks and a round pond, which has frogs, newts, toads and many dragonflies.

The Dales Open Space	The Dales Open Space	5.9 hectares (15 acres)	Ipswich 52°04′19″N 1°08′31″E / 52.072°N 1.142°E TM 154 462	Ipswich	Map	Details	Most of this former quarry is secondary woodland, but there are also areas of scrub, two spring-fed ponds and seasonal pools.

Fen Alder Carr	Fen Alder Carr	1.7 hectares (4.2 acres)	Stowmarket 52°10′05″N 1°03′11″E / 52.168°N 1.053°E TM 089 566	Mid Suffolk	Map	Details	This site has diverse habitats, including open water, alder carr woodland and tall fen. There is a large rookery high in the trees, and there are other birds such as siskins, chaffinches and redpolls.

Gunton Warren and Corton Woods	Gunton Warren	31.9 hectares (79 acres)	Lowestoft 52°30′04″N 1°45′04″E / 52.501°N 1.751°E TM 547 959	Waveney	SWT	Map	Details	Gunton Warren is a coastal site which has sand dunes, shingle, lowland heath and cliff slopes. Birds include rare migrants such as icterines and yellow-browed warblers.

Gunton Wood	Gunton Wood	2.8 hectares (6.9 acres)	Lowestoft 52°30′07″N 1°44′31″E / 52.502°N 1.742°E TM 541 959	Waveney	Map	Details	This was formerly part of the gardens of Gunton Old Hall, which was demolished in 1963. There are trees such as lime, oak and copper beech, a pond and green winged and bee orchids.

The Haven, Aldeburgh	The Haven, Aldeburgh	20.2 hectares (50 acres)	Aldeburgh 52°09′50″N 1°36′22″E / 52.164°N 1.606°E TM 467 579	Suffolk Coastal	SCHAONB, SSSI	Map	Details	The site covers the beach north of Aldeburgh and an area of lagoons and reedbeds which are protected as nature reserves.

Haverhill Railway Walks	Haverhill Railway Walks	14.1 hectares (35 acres)	Haverhill 52°05′N 0°28′E / 52.08°N 0.46°E TL 686 448	St Edmundsbury	Map	Details	This is a footpath along a three mile stretch of a defunct section of the Stour Valley Railway. Much of it is covered with scrub and large trees, and it provides a wildlife corridor for a diverse range of fauna and flora through the centre of Haverhill.

Landguard Common	Landguard Common	16.3 hectares (40 acres)	Felixstowe 51°56′13″N 1°19′23″E / 51.937°N 1.323°E TM 285 317	Suffolk Coastal	SSSI	Map	Details	This site has a rare vegetated shingle habitat, with plants including sea kale and yellow horned poppy. There are birds such as purple sandpipers, wheatears and snow buntings.

Leathes Ham	Leathes Ham	6.0 hectares (15 acres)	Lowestoft 52°28′44″N 1°43′34″E / 52.479°N 1.726°E TM 531 933	Waveney	Map	Details	In the medieval period this site was turbary, an area which was dug for peat, and it later flooded and became a lake.

Maidscross Hill	Maidscross Hill	49.8 hectares (123 acres)	Brandon 52°25′N 0°32′E / 52.41°N 0.54°E TL 728 823	Forest Heath	NCR, SSSI	Map	Details	This very dry grassland has four nationally rare plants, Breckland wild thyme, Spanish catchfly, grape hyacinth and sickle medick. The site is not grazed, which has allowed invasion by bracken and scrub, but also increased the nesting sites for birds.

Mill Stream	Mill Stream	4.7 hectares (12 acres)	Ipswich 52°03′11″N 1°13′19″E / 52.053°N 1.222°E TM 210 443	Suffolk Coastal	Map	Details	This linear site along the banks of a stream also has ponds, wet carr, woodland, wildflower grassland and willow scrub. There are ancient oak trees, and fauna include water voles.

Millennium Wood	Millennium Wood	3.8 hectares (9.4 acres)	Ipswich 52°01′44″N 1°07′26″E / 52.029°N 1.124°E TM 144 413	Ipswich	Map	Details	New saplings have been planted on the edge of this ancient, semi-natural wood of hornbeam and coppiced lime. There are many flowers in the spring such as bluebells, wild garlic and archangel.

Moreton Hall Community Woods	Moreton Hall Community Woods	18.5 hectares (46 acres)	Bury St Edmunds 52°14′53″N 0°43′59″E / 52.248°N 0.733°E TL 867 646	St Edmundsbury	Map	Details	This site in six separate areas has woodland, grassland, a pond, paths and cycleways.

Needham Lake	Needham Lake	9.9 hectares (24 acres)	Needham Market 52°09′11″N 1°03′36″E / 52.153°N 1.06°E TM 094 549	Mid Suffolk	Map	Details	The lake is in former sand and gravel workings. It has diverse fauna and flora in aquatic, marsh and scrub habitats.

The Pennings, Eye	The Pennings	2.7 hectares (6.7 acres)	Bury St Edmunds 52°19′08″N 1°09′11″E / 52.319°N 1.153°E TM 150 736	Mid Suffolk	Map	Details	This site on the east bank of the River Dove is managed as a hay meadow. Fauna on the river bank include kingfishers and water voles.

Pipers Vale	Pipers Vale	19.7 hectares (49 acres)	Ipswich 52°01′41″N 1°10′23″E / 52.028°N 1.173°E TM 178 414	Ipswich	Map	Details	This site on the bank of the River Orwell is part of Orwell Country Park. Its diverse habitats include heath, reedbeds, scrub and alder carr.

Railway Walk, Hadleigh	Hadleigh Railway Walk	11.6 hectares (29 acres)	Hadleigh 52°02′N 0°59′E / 52.03°N 0.98°E TM 046 409	Babergh	Map	Details	The walk starts at the original station building in Hadleigh, which is now a private house. The route goes along a flat path, some of it on raised banks and other parts on downward slopes.

The Railway Walks	The Railway Walks	25.3 hectares (63 acres)	Sudbury 52°06′N 0°48′E / 52.1°N 0.8°E TL 857 435	Babergh	Map	Details	The walk has diverse fauna and flora in habitats such as water meadows, streams, ditches and ponds. Birds include willow warblers, kingfishers, woodpeckers, mallards, moorhens and swans.

Rede Wood	Rede Wood	7.5 hectares (19 acres)	Ipswich 52°06′43″N 1°08′35″E / 52.112°N 1.143°E TM 153 506	Mid Suffolk	Map	Details	This semi-natural wood on boulder clay is mainly pedunculate oak and ash, with a coppiced understorey mainly of hazel. The flora include 38 species indicative of ancient woodland.

Riverside Walk, Hadleigh	Riverside Walk	4.6 hectares (11 acres)	Hadleigh 52°02′35″N 0°56′53″E / 52.043°N 0.948°E TM 023 424	Babergh	Map	Details	This linear site on the west bank of the River Brett comprises two footpaths and the alder woodland and fen between them.

Sandlings	Sandlings	5.7 hectares (14 acres)	Ipswich 52°03′22″N 1°12′47″E / 52.056°N 1.213°E TM 204 445	Suffolk Coastal	Map	Details	This site has acid grassland, a wildflower meadow and areas of scrub. Nearly 70 species of bird have been observed and 22 of butterfly, including the white-letter hairstreak.

Spring Wood, Belstead	Spring Wood	5.5 hectares (14 acres)	Ipswich 52°01′44″N 1°07′26″E / 52.029°N 1.124°E TM 144 413	Ipswich	Map	Details	This ancient oak and hornbeam wood has an understorey of hazel. There are small-leaved limes in groups several metres in diameter, which are genetically one tree, as a result of coppicing decades ago.

Stoke Park Wood	Stoke Park Wood	2.2 hectares (5.4 acres)	Ipswich 52°02′02″N 1°07′59″E / 52.034°N 1.133°E TM 150 419	Ipswich	Map	Details	This ancient wood was formerly part of the Stoke Park estate, and it still has the remains of a Victorian drainage system.

Sudbury Common Lands	Sudbury Common Lands	50.3 hectares (124 acres)	Sudbury 52°02′N 0°43′E / 52.04°N 0.72°E TL 868 417	Babergh	Map	Details	This site has ancient wetland with ponds and ditches, and there are locally uncommon species such as flowering rush, tubular water dropwort and round-fruited rush.

Tiger Hill	Tiger Hill	21.0 hectares (52 acres)	Assington 51°59′10″N 0°48′18″E / 51.986°N 0.805°E TL 927 357	Babergh	DVAONB, SSSI	Map	Details	This site has woodland, heath and fenland, and fauna include badgers, bats and rare and endangered dormice.

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The largest LNR is Sudbury Common Lands with 50.3 hectares (124 acres), which has ancient wetlands, and the smallest is Alderman Canal West at 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres), which has rare wetland flora.

final_sentence: The largest LNR is Sudbury Common Lands with 50.3 hectares (124 acres), which has ancient wetlands, and the smallest is Alderman Canal West at 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres), which has rare wetland flora.