TM1944 : Sandlings Walk, Rushmere Heath
taken 10 years ago, near to Rushmere st Andrew, Suffolk, England
Rushmere Common (also Rushmere Heath) is common land situated on the east of Ipswich mainly within the parish of Rushmere St. Andrew. It is predominately heathland, gorse, woodland and hosts a golf course. It adjoins the Sandlings Open Space to the east which is owned and managed Suffolk Coastal Council and is crossed by a number of footpaths, including the Sandlings Walk which is a long distance footpath which starts on the common and ends 60 miles away in Southwold.
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The Sandlings Walk is a long-distance path in Suffolk. It runs through an area of lowland heath, Britain's rarest wildlife habitat, and the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Starting on the outskirts of Ipswich, the route passes through Rushmere Common, Sutton Heath, Rendlesham Forest, Butley Corner, Tunstall Forest, Friston, North Warren, Thorpeness, Sizewell, Minsmere, Dunwich Heath, Dunwich Forest, the Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve and Southwold. A distance of 60 miles