Orford Ness National Nature Reserve
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Overview
You can take the National Trust ferry across to visit some of the long-abandoned buildings in the Orford Ness National Nature Reserve and learn more about when this remote area was a secret Ministry of Defence site. A flat wilderness of salt marshes, shingle ridges and quiet creeks, Orford Ness is an important breeding ground for birds and other wildlife species, as well as home to a large number of rare plants. If you are lucky you may catch sight of a brown hare. In spring and summer look out for avocets and terns, and in autumn and winter ducks, wigeon, pintail and teal.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open Jul–Sep, access by National Trust ferry (sailings subject to weather, check website for times)
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 Dolphin Inn
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Horseshoe Cottage
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Poppy Cottage
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Ore Valley Holiday Cottages
Following high-standard conversion of former farm stables, Ore Valley’s five self-catering cottages are set around a landscaped courtyard. This leads to extensive gardens, a boating lak...
The Hayloft
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