Potton Hall Fields, Westleton Explained

Potton Hall Fields, Westleton
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Biological
Area:	16.7 hectares
Notifydate:	1992
Map:	Magic Map

Potton Hall Fields, Westleton is a 16.7hectare 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.

References

52.278°N 1.599°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Potton Hall Fields, Westleton . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 May 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Potton Hall Fields, Westleton. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 May 2017.
3. Web site: Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018. 76. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. 2016-08-15. dead.
4. Web site: Potton Hall Fields, Westleton citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 May 2017.