周辺の天然記念物・トップ7

https://youtu.be/XZFX0MvuEtU?si=dkHtqHoH3jBjEvQg

The fencing has gone as the land owners have stopped farmi g cows for dheep as they do less enviromental damage.

A dead end for roadies but a scenic approach across the marshes towards the huge shingle bar that protects the coast.

It's a dead end for roadies as there's only one tarmacked road to it but it's a nice ride and there's the Tinto Café horsebox at the car park, which does hot drinks, sandwiches and toasties, cakes and snacks. Officially it closes at 4pm but it was still serving at 4.30 when I was there, thankfully.

Staverton Park, Suffolk, ‘a famous and awesome place of Tolkienesque wonder and beauty’, and ‘one of the best-preserved uncompartmented medieval parks’. Oliver Rackham, The History of the Countryside, 1986. It's also the location of the 'Lunch Tree' in the detectorists, magical.

The tree itself is on private land in a small paddock. You can safely ride to the gates also used in the series and view the tree from there. I was lucky enough to meet someone working on the parkland who was happy for me to nip in and grab a quick snap.

The ride in is along quite a rough track so don't do it on inappropriate tyres.

If your like me and you like to add interest to your rides or hikes with a historical or cultural destination, you can't go far wrong with a film or TV location. This is the 'Lunch Tree' from the popular TV series 'The Detectorists'. The favourite resting spot of characters Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) fellow detectorists. The series is set in the fictional small town of Danebury in north Essex but all the filming was done here in Suffolk.

A great section of the ore with great views back towards Orford and the castle

Rendlesham Forest was planted as commercial woodland in the 1920s. The forest was the setting for a well-known UFO incident in 1980. Servicemen at RAF Woodbridge saw lights in the trees. They reported discovering a conical object, about the size of a car, floating in a forest clearing, which disappeared as they approached. 🛸 There are toilets at the car park, and a network of gravel trails to ride.

Watch the drop should you enter the water along with the rip as it can get pretty fierce here

Take binoculars with you to view the huge buildings along the coast or 200mm lense.

Fun and easy off-road MTB Trails - combine Tango & Fido trails to link to Sutton Hoo - see my Route 15 map for details.

Beautifully bleak - bleakly beautiful! And don't miss the shell trail to the beach from the German Manor, which some thoughtful conchologist has made. No cafes or places to eat or drink here, but just up the road at Hollesley RSPB is Marsh Barn Cafe: the best little cafe in this sleepy little corner of Suffolk

Can get busy during the weekend, school holidays etc; sneak in for a midweek ride!

Great place for a days trail riding, £4 to park all day with toilets and picnic benches. There are 2 bike trails and a Bike park with a "north shore" raised section, a tunnel and some rollers to whoop over like the big kid you wish you still were... Stunning forest trails with the added bonus of plenty of wild life, I had a group of deer cross the trail in front of me once. A variety of surfaces from , sand, rooty single track to stony fire road to keep it interesting.

Martello Tower, and site of specific scientific interest