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Sutton and Hollesley Heaths

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Sutton and Hollesley Heaths is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk of 4.8 km². It is one of 133 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

For more of the same, Sandlings Forest and Alde-Ore Estuary are close by. The nearest railway station is Melton (Suffolk), about 3.2 km to the north-west.

More places to visit near Sutton and Hollesley Heaths

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 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.

4.1 km SE

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.

5.5 km NW

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

6.9 km E

Photo of Bawdsey Radar, a visitor attraction near Harwich, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Bawdsey Radar

Attraction near Harwich

The transmitter block at Bawdsey Manor where operational radar was born, now a museum above the Deben mouth.

8.5 km S

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.

11.2 km E