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Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh

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Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, covering 0.01 km². It is one of 133 SSSIs in the county. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. It lies within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

For arrivals by rail, Saxmundham Station is about 8.3 km to the north-west. Nearby SSSIs include Alde-Ore Estuary and Leiston - Aldeburgh.

More places to visit near Round Hill Pit, 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 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.

2.2 km SE · 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.

2.3 km E

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.

3 km SE

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.

3.5 km NE

Photo of Orford Ness, a nature reserve in Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

Orford Ness

Nature reserve near Orford

Wild shingle spit with lighthouse and pagodas.

8.7 km S