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Seckford Hall Campsite is situated to the west of Woodbridge. It is bordered in the east and south by the A12, in the north by a minor road and in the west by a small stream. The site consists of an undulating area which slopes down in the west and south, before rising gently again in the extreme south of the site. The flatter land in the north is well used as a camping and caravan site. In addition a public footpath runs along the western margin of the site. A detailed survey carried out in 1993 shows that the site supports a number of different plant communities. A small area in the west is composed of a wetland flora dominated by meadowsweet and sedge. This is bordered by areas of bracken which have colonised the drier ground. The remainder of the site consists of rabbit-grazed, sandy grassland with a number of small scattered oak and hawthorn trees. This area supports a diverse acid grassland community; a total of thirty five flowering plant species characteristic of this habitat were recorded. In addition to a wide range of uncommon heathland plants, for example changing forget-me-not, spring vetch and bird's-foot, the site also supports two nationally scarce species ie. species which only occur in 16-100 10km squares in Great Britain. These are mossy stonecrop and suffocated clover. Furthermore Shepherd's cress and hoary cinquefoil, two species which are uncommon in Britain are found on this site in good numbers. Of particular importance is a significantly large population of the rare Shepherd's cress. Seckford Hall Campsite is a valuable remnant of the Sandlings heathland which once bordered the length of the Suffolk coast. It is therefore an important addition to the Register of County Wildlife Sites in Suffolk Coastal District.
RNR Number Area
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
0 8.55 East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm Appendix 23.1 Biological Records Check
SECKFORD HALL CAMP SITE MARTLESHAM Suffolk Coastal TM254482