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Sandlings Forest

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Sandlings Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, covering 25 km². It is one of 133 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. Only three of the county's SSSIs are larger. The surrounding countryside is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

For arrivals by rail, Melton (Suffolk) Station is about 1.8 km to the west. Other SSSIs nearby include Sutton and Hollesley Heaths and Tunstall Common.

More places to visit near Sandlings Forest

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 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.

0.9 km NE

Photo of Sutton Hoo, an ancient site near Woodbridge, Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

Sutton Hoo

Ancient site near Woodbridge

Anglo-Saxon royal ship-burial mounds by the Deben.

2 km W

Photo of Orford Castle, a ruined castle in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Orford Castle

Castle near Orford

Unique polygonal Henry II keep over the quay.

2.1 km E

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.

2.2 km S

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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

3.3 km SE