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Landguard Common

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 285 318
Interest	Biological
Area	30.5 hectares
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Landguard Common is a 30.5-hectare (75-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Felixstowe in Suffolk. An area of 16.3 hectares at the southern end is also a Local Nature Reserve.

This spit on the northern outskirts of Felixstowe has a vegetated shingle beach, which is a fragile and rare habitat. Flora include sea kale, yellow horned poppy, sea sandwort, sea campion and sea pea. Areas of saltmarsh provide cover for small birds.

There is access to the site from View Point Road.

References

1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Landguard Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
2. "Map of Landguard Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
3. "Landguard Common". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Map of Landguard Common". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. "Landguard Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

Media related to Landguard Common at Wikimedia Commons

51°56′17″N 1°19′23″E / 51.938°N 1.323°E / 51.938; 1.323

v t e Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk
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v t e Local nature reserves in Suffolk
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Ipswich	Alderman Canal East Alderman Canal West Bixley Heath Bobbits Lane Bourne Park Reed Beds Bridge Wood The Dales Open Space Millennium Wood Pipers Vale Spring Wood, Belstead Stoke Park Wood
Mid Suffolk	Bramford Meadows Church Meadow Fen Alder Carr Needham Lake The Pennings, Eye Rede Wood
West Suffolk	Aspal Close Barton Mills Valley Haverhill Railway Walks Maidscross Hill Moreton Hall Community Woods
East Suffolk	Gunton Warren and Corton Woods Gunton Wood The Haven, Aldeburgh Landguard Common Leathes Ham Mill Stream Sandlings

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