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Darsham

National Rail | station code DSM

Darsham is on the East Suffolk Lines

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The demand responsive Connecting Communities bus service covers this area, journeys must be booked in advance.

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Darsham Marshes Nature Reserve 1¼ miles

A small heathland area leads to the wetland reserve with wildflowers including marsh orchids. Barn owls and marsh harriers can be seen. Paths can waterlogged and cattle graze in the summer.
Open any time, best visited Apr-Jul.
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Minsmere RSPB 5 miles

A popular nature reserve with woodland, wetland and coastal scenery, rare birds including bitterns, shy otters and wild flowers in summer. Visitor Centre, bird hides, Discovery Centre and Wild Zone for families. Café.
Open Daily 0900-1700 (1600 Nov-Jan), hides and countryside open dawn-dusk.
www.rspb.org.uk
Minsmere can also be visited by bus from Saxmundham to Leiston then a 4 mile walk passing near Leiston Abbey.

Dunwich Village, Museum and Heath (NT) 5 miles

Although Dunwich is now a peaceful small village it was once an important town and harbour, mostly now lost to the North Sea. A scale model in the Museum shows Dunwich at the height of its prosperity in the 13th century. Other displays cover local social history, smuggling and wildlife. Dunwich Heath (NT) is a rare and precious habitat 1½ miles south of the village which is home to birds such as the Dartford warbler and nightjar.
Museum Open Apr-Oct, Daily 1130-1630 (1200-1600 in Oct). Heath open at all times.
Websites: www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk | www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Darsham map

Explorer Map Southwold & Halesworth

Explorer Map Woodbridge & Saxmundham

First Aid Kit for walkers

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