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Leiston - Aldeburgh

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Leiston - Aldeburgh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk of 5.4 km². It is one of 133 SSSIs in the county. It is among the largest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

For arrivals by rail, Saxmundham Station is about 7.4 km to the north-west. Sizewell Marshes and Alde-Ore Estuary are among the SSSIs within 1.4 km.

More places to visit near Leiston - Aldeburgh

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

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Framlingham

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

Photo of House in the Clouds, a landmark near Thorpeness, Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

House in the Clouds

Landmark near Thorpeness

A disguised water tower dressed as a five-storey cottage in the sky, overlooking Thorpeness Meare.

adjoining

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

Aldeburgh

Village

A shingle-beach town of pastel houses and fishermen's huts selling fresh fish, home to the Britten festival and Maggi Hambling's Scallop.

0.8 km S · Suffolk

Photo of Martello Tower CP, a folly near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Martello Tower CP

Folly near Aldeburgh

The northernmost of the coast's Napoleonic Martello towers, a quatrefoil-plan drum on the shingle south of Aldeburgh.

2.2 km S

Photo of Snape Maltings, a visitor attraction in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Snape Maltings

Attraction near Snape

A converted Victorian maltings on the Alde reedbeds, now a concert hall, galleries, shops and marsh walks.

6.2 km W

Photo of the coast at Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Dunwich Heath

Coastline near Dunwich

Purple heather and gorse above a lost coast.

6.2 km N