RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve
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"A strikingly beautiful windswept reserve perfect for nature watching."
Overview
Set on the beautiful Suffolk coast between Southwold and Aldeburgh, the Minsmere reserve offers nature trails that take you through a variety of habitats to the excellent hides. In summer, you can watch breeding avocets and marsh harriers. Autumn is excellent for migrants, and in winter hundreds of wildfowl visit the reserve. The visitor centre has a well-stocked shop and licensed tea room, and you can find out more about the reserve. Lots of events all year.
Ratings & awards
VisitEngland Quality Assessed
Gold (Attraction) accolade
About the area
Suffolk is Constable country, where the county’s crumbling, time-ravaged coastline spreads itself under wide skies to convey a wonderful sense of remoteness and solitude. Highly evocative and atmospheric, this is where rivers wind lazily to the sea and notorious 18th-century smugglers hid from the excise men.
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The Mallards
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Haw Wood Farm Caravans and Camping
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The Dolphin Inn
The Dolphin is an ideal base for exploring Thorpeness and the neighbouring towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold, or to enjoy a peaceful walk around Snape Maltings and RSPB Minsmere. A short...
The Bell Inn
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Sibton White Horse Inn
Sibton White Horse Inn is a delightful Grade II listed, 16th-century Tudor property set in open countryside, a few miles from the Suffolk coast. Public rooms include a traditional beame...
