Landguard Common

Landguard Common is a 30.5-hectare (75-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Felixstowe in Suffolk.^[1][2] An area of 16.3 hectares at the southern end is also a Local Nature Reserve.^[3][4]

Landguard Common

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 285 318[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	30.5 hectares[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This spit on the southern 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.^[5]

There is access to the site from View Point Road.