Suffolk_Coast_and_Heaths_AONB

Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape

Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England

The Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk and Essex,[1] England.

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The AONB covers ancient woodland, commercial forestry, the estuaries of the Alde, Blyth, Deben, Orwell and Stour rivers, farmland, salt marsh, heathland, mudflats, reed beds, small towns and villages, shingle beaches and low eroding cliffs along 60 miles of coastline.[2]

Features include the coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold, Bawdsey, Covehithe, Dunwich, Minsmere, Orford, Orford Ness, Sizewell, Thorpeness, Walberswick and the RSPB Minsmere Reserve. There are three National Nature Reserves in the area and many Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Three long-distance footpaths pass through the AONB: the Suffolk Coast Path, the Sandlings Walk and the Stour and Orwell Walk.

In July 2020 the AONB was extended by around 38 square kilometres to cover land north of Brantham, and an area around Mistley and Wrabness in Essex.[3][4] It was the first extension to any AONB in England since 2011.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "North Essex Is designated Outstandingly Beautiful!". www.essex.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Suffolk Coasts and Heaths AONB". Suffolk Coasts and Heaths AONB. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Boost for picturesque landscapes as Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty extended". UK Government. Natural England. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Suffolk Coast and Heaths: England's first 'beauty extension' since 1991". BBC News. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    "North Essex Is designated Outstandingly Beautiful!". www.essex.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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