Leathes Ham | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Lowestoft, Suffolk |
OS grid | TM 531 933 |
Area | 6.0 hectares |
Leathes Ham is a 6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is owned by Waveney District Council. [1] [2]
In the medieval period this site was turbary, an area which was dug for peat, and it later flooded and became a lake. [3] It has a reedbed, dykes, and marshes where wildfowl breed. Flora include ragged robin and southern marsh orchid. [1]
There is access from Normanston Park.
Leathes Ham | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Lowestoft, Suffolk |
OS grid | TM 531 933 |
Area | 6.0 hectares |
Leathes Ham is a 6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is owned by Waveney District Council. [1] [2]
In the medieval period this site was turbary, an area which was dug for peat, and it later flooded and became a lake. [3] It has a reedbed, dykes, and marshes where wildfowl breed. Flora include ragged robin and southern marsh orchid. [1]
There is access from Normanston Park.