Beaches in Leiston, Suffolk
- Leiston beaches map
- The beaches:
- Thorpeness
- Aldeburgh
- Dunwich Heath
- Dunwich
The beach guide has 4 beaches listed in and around the town of Leiston. We have arranged these beaches in order of closest to the town first (distance in brackets).
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Thorpeness Beach (2.5 miles)
Thorpness is a quirky little village just north of Aldeburgh. It is everything an English seaside village should be; there is a golf course, a large boating lake (the Meare) and more mock Tudor buildings than you can shake a stick at! Many of these buildings line the beach front intermingling with equally quirky modern…
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Aldeburgh Beach (3.8 miles)
This sand and shingle beach is probably the best known of all Suffolk's beaches. Backing on to the pretty seaside town of Aldeburgh there are no shortage of facilities either. Aldeburgh has plenty to explore on and around the beach. Along the beach front are any number of quirky historic buildings. These include the 400…
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Dunwich Heath Beach (3.8 miles)
A remote sand and shingle beach backed by the dunes, heathland and lagoons of the National Trust owned Dunwich Heath. The area is also home to RSPB Minsmere and is home to a range of interesting wildlife such as the Dartford warbler, nightjar, woodlark, red deer, adders and ant-lion. Dunwich Heath is more than just…
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Dunwich Beach (5.4 miles)
The little village of Dunwich was once a thriving seaport; but over the centuries the sea reclaimed the town leaving not much behind except for a wonderful stretch of beach. This expanse of shingle seems to go on forever in both directions, backed by low crumbling cliffs. Dunwich beach is set in a break between…
