Suffolk Coast and Heaths
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| Suffolk Coast and Heaths | |
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| Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty | |
 Dunwich Beach in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB
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| Country | England |
| County | Suffolk |
| Location | East Anglia |
| Animal | Bearded Reedling, Great Bittern, Nightjar, Pied Avocet, Western Marsh Harrier, Woodlark |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Website : Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Official Website | |
Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk, England.
The AONB overs ancient woodland, commercial forestry, five 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.
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 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 and Heaths Path, the Sandlings Walk and the Stour and Orwell Walk.
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