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Orfordness-Havergate

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Orfordness-Havergate is a National Nature Reserve in Suffolk, covering 9 km². It is one of eight National Nature Reserves in the county. None of the National Nature Reserves in the county is larger. It lies within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

Nearby nature reserves include Alde-Ore Estuary, Sandlings Forest and Leiston - Aldeburgh. The closest station is Melton (Suffolk), about 10.9 km to the west.

More places to visit near Orfordness-Havergate

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 Havergate Island, an island in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Havergate Island

Island near Orford

RSPB island in the River Ore, visited on booked trips from Orford for avocets, terns and hides over brackish lagoons

adjoining

Photo of Shingle Street, a beach near Orford, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Shingle Street

Beach near Orford

A remote row of coastguard cottages on a mile of lonely shingle at the mouth of the Ore, known for seals and a shell line.

1.3 km SW

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.

1.6 km NE · Suffolk

Photo of The Scallop, a landmark near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

The Scallop

Landmark near Aldeburgh

Maggi Hambling's four-metre steel scallop shell on Aldeburgh beach, a tribute to the composer Benjamin Britten.

2.9 km NE

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.

5.2 km NE