Leiston - Aldeburgh

Leiston - Aldeburgh is a 534.8-hectare (1,322-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Aldeburgh to Leiston in Suffolk.^[1][2] Part of it is The Haven, Aldeburgh Local Nature Reserve,^[3] and another area is the North Warren RSPB nature reserve.^[4] There is also a prehistoric bowl barrow on Aldringham Common, which is a Scheduled Monument.^[5] The site is in the Sandlings Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds,^[6][7] and the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[8]

Leiston - Aldeburgh

Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Haven Local Nature Reserve
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 463 597[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	534.8 hectares[1]
Notification	1999[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This diverse site has open water, fen, acid grassland, scrub, woodland, heath and vegetated shingle. There are many breeding and overwintering birds, abundant dragonflies, and nationally scarce plants such as mossy stonecrop and clustered clover.^[9]