Iken Wood

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Iken Wood is one of 133 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk. It lies inside the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape. Other SSSIs nearby include Sandlings Forest and Alde-Ore Estuary. The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, about 6.7 km to the north.

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