Alde-Ore Estuary

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Alde-Ore Estuary is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, covering 25 km². The county has 133 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Only two of the county's SSSIs are larger. It lies inside the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, about 5.7 km to the north. Nearby SSSIs include Snape Warren and Sandlings Forest.

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