Ipswich Heaths

Ipswich Heaths is a 39.4-hectare (97-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ipswich in Suffolk.^[1][2]

Ipswich Heaths

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 227 439[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	39.4 hectares[1]
Notification	1988[1]
Location map	Magic Map

The site consists of two separate areas in Martlesham Heath and Purdis Heath. They contain heather heath and acid grassland, with clumps of bracken and gorse. This mosaic of habitats is valuable for butterflies. such as the silver-studded blue, common blue and small heath.^[3]

Footpaths cross the heaths.