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Barking Woods

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Barking Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, covering 0.99 km². It is one of 133 SSSIs in the county. The nearest other SSSI is Orwell Estuary, 13.6 km to the south-east. The closest station is Needham Market, about 1.4 km to the north-east.

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Photo of Alder Carr Farm Shop, a farm & farm shop near Needham Market, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Alder Carr Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Needham Market

Riverside Suffolk farm shop known for its soft fruit and fruit cream ices, judged the nation's best small farm shop in 2024.

3 km NE

Photo of Helmingham Hall, a Grade I registered house & garden near Debenham, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Helmingham Hall

House & garden near Debenham

A moated Tudor house whose drawbridge still rises nightly, held by one family since 1480.

11.7 km NE

Photo of Kersey, a village in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Kersey

Village

A single steep street of colour-washed and timbered cottages dropping to a watersplash ford across the stream, with a hilltop church at the top.

12.9 km SW · Suffolk

Photo of Suffolk Coast & Heaths, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

National Landscape near Framlingham

Shingle beaches, reedy estuaries and gorse heaths along a soft, low-lying coast made for gentle walking

13.6 km SE

Photo of Dedham Vale, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Dedham Vale

National Landscape near Stoke-by-Nayland

Constable's own valley of slow river, water meadows and old mills on the Suffolk and Essex border, made for a gentle day

13.9 km S

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

14.4 km SE · spans 24 counties