Millennium Wood is a 3.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of

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. It is owned by Suffolk County Council and managed by the

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. New saplings have been planted on the edge of this ancient, semi-natural wood of

hornbeam Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperateness, temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names The common English name ''hornbeam'' derives ...

and coppiced

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. There are many flowers in the spring such as bluebells, wild garlic and archangel. There is access from Bobbits Lane.

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