Suffolk is a county in

East Anglia East Anglia is an area in the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in ...

. It is bounded by Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. With an area of , it is the eighth largest county in England, and in mid-2016 the population was 745,000. At the top level of local government is

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, and below it are five borough and district councils: Ipswich,

East Suffolk East Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * East Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * East Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...

, Mid Suffolk,

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and

West Suffolk West Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * West Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * West Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...

. Much of the coast consists of the estuaries of the

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, Stour, Alde, Deben and Blyth rivers, with large areas of wetlands and marshes. Local nature reserves (LNRs) are designated by local authorities under the

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the National Parks Commission which later became the Countryside Commission and then the Countryside Agency, which became ...

. The local authority must have a legal control over the site, by owning or leasing it or having an agreement with the owner. LNRs are sites which have a special local interest either biologically or geologically, and local authorities have a duty to care for them. They can apply local bye-laws to manage and protect LNRs. there are 36 LNRs in the county. Three are in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, seven are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, one is a '' Nature Conservation Review'' site and two are managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The largest LNR is

Sudbury Common Lands Sudbury Common Lands is a 50.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Sudbury in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by the Sudbury Common Lands Charity. This site has ancient wetland with ponds and ditches, and there are locally uncommon species such as ...

with , which has ancient wetlands, and the smallest is

Alderman Canal West Alderman Canal West is a one hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by Ipswich Borough Council and managed by the Greenways Countryside Project. Paths run along the canal and through reedbeds. There is also grassland wi ...

at , which has rare wetland flora.

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Dedham Vale Dedham Vale is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Essex-Suffolk border in east England. It comprises the area around the River Stour between Manningtree and Smallbridge Farm, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Bures, including the ...

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty *NCR = '' Nature Conservation Review'' *SCHAONB = Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty * SWT = Suffolk Wildlife Trust * SSSI =

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Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

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