Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 456 705[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 16.7 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1992[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Potton Hall Fields, Westleton is a 16.7-hectare (41-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) west of Dunwich in Suffolk.[1][2] It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[3]
This site comprises two gently sloping fields on sandy, well drained soil. It has been designated an SSSI because it has a population of several thousand plants of the nationally rare red-tipped cudweed in large patches throughout the site. The plant is only found in two other counties in Britain.[4]
There is no public access to the site but it can be viewed from Sandlings Walk.