Our nature reserves

Our reserves are wild landscapes dedicated to protecting wildlife, restoring habitats, and providing space for nature to thrive.

We manage over 2,900 hectares (7,100 acres) of land on 50 nature reserves across the county of Suffolk. However, nature reserves alone cannot provide the space needed for wildlife to recover. That is why we are increasing our landscape recovery work with farmers, landowners and communities across the county to achieve our collective goal to restore 30% of land and sea in Suffolk for nature.

Please remember that our nature reserves are precious havens carefully managed for wildlife. To help minimise the impact of your visit, please make sure to stick to the paths, keep dogs on leads, and follow any on-site notices.

Our reserves are FREE for visitors, which is made possible thanks to regular donations from our members. If you love visiting our reserves, please consider becoming a member from £4 a month to help us continue our work for a wilder Suffolk.

A contemporary visitor centre building sits within the vast green landscape of marshes and wildlife habitat.

Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve & Visitor Centre

1,000 acres of wilderness in the Broads National Park, with floodplain marsh and lowland fen home to some of the largest populations of…

Lackford Lakes nature reserve Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve & Visitor Centre

A wildlife oasis of lakes, reedbed, meadow and woodland near Bury St Edmunds. Experience nature all year-round from iridescent…

Arger Fen Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale Nature Reserve

A fascinating mosaic of ancient woodland and naturally-regenerating woodland alongside wet meadow and fen - creating a unique, wildlife-…

A view through Bradfield Woods with green trees and shrubs creating a tunnel of foliage.

Bradfield Woods National Nature Reserve

One of Britain's finest ancient woodlands, Bradfield Woods is a unique wood that has been under continuous, traditional coppice…

Knettishall Heath uffolk Wildlife Trust

Knettishall Heath Nature Reserve

Knettishall Heath is an ancient landscape of lowland heath, grassland and woodland that has changed little since the Anglo-Saxon age.…

A family walking at Redgrave & Lopham Fen in Suffolk

Redgrave & Lopham Fen National Nature Reserve

The largest valley fen in England and one the most important wetlands in Europe, Redgrave & Lopham Fen has a rich diversity of plant…

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Norah hanbury kelk nature reserve Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Norah Hanbury-Kelk Meadows Nature Reserve

Barton Mills, Suffolk

Lying next to the River Lark this pretty network of flower-rich wet meadows and dykes is a small wildlife oasis for those living in the village of Barton Mills.

Raged robin - Paul Lane

Roydon Fen Nature Reserve

Diss, Suffolk

Teetering on the edge of the Waveney Valley, Roydon Fen is part of a chain of fens that are strung like jewels along the Suffolk and Norfolk border.

Thelnetham Fen Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Thelnetham Fen Nature Reserve

Diss, Suffolk

A beautiful remnant of the wetland landscape that once swept along this valley, Thelnetham Fen feels bigger than its 20 water-filled acres.

Winks Meadow Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Winks Meadow Nature Reserve

Harleston, Suffolk

Winks Meadow is rich in wild flowers. It supports a wide range of plants characteristic of ancient unimproved grassland including a number of species that are scarce in Suffolk such as spiny…

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