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Rendlesham Forest

Taras Young · CC BY-SA 4.0

50% trees around it and 1,429 species recorded.

59Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km50%
  • wild within 10 km65%
  • species recorded1,429

The forest around

50% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 78%Grassland 20%Built-up 2%Trees 46%Grassland 22%Wetland 0%Cropland 27%Built-up 4%Trees 20%Grassland 26%Wetland 2%Water 9%Bare ground 0%Cropland 40%Built-up 3%Trees 17%Grassland 18%Wetland 3%Water 28%Bare ground 1%Cropland 32%Built-up 2%50%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km78%
  • 1–3 km46%
  • 3–6 km20%
  • 6–10 km17%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees46%
  • Grassland22%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland27%
  • Built-up4%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

1,429 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Garden vetch
Garden vetchVicia sativa108 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata97 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum91 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spear Thistle
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare88 recordsSciadopitys from UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Common yarrow
Common yarrowAchillea millefolium86 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus83 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur80 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata79 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Red sorrel
Red sorrelRumex acetosella77 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea76 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Smooth meadow-grass
Smooth meadow-grassPoa pratensis75 recordsRasbak 08:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gorse
GorseUlex europaeus75 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

59out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 50%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 65%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,429Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan7°3°62 mm
  2. Feb7°2°53 mm
  3. Mar9°3°50 mm
  4. Apr12°5°37 mm
  5. May16°8°55 mm
  6. Jun19°12°63 mm
  7. Jul21°14°65 mm
  8. Aug21°14°68 mm
  9. Sep18°12°46 mm
  10. Oct15°9°76 mm
  11. Nov11°6°72 mm
  12. Dec8°4°70 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rendlesham Forest.

Public recreational woodland in Suffolk, England

Rendlesham Forest is a forest in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 50% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 65% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,429 species have been recorded around it: 826 plants, 349 fungi, 229 birds and 25 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Garden vetch, Ribwort plantain and Bracken.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

RAF Woodbridge East Gate
Taras Young · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Rendlesham ForestGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Rendlesham ForestBooking.comSee prices Car hire at NWI airport (Norwich, Norfolk)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Rendlesham Forest seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmSandlings Walk, Suffolk Coast Path, Rendlesham Forest UFO Trail and 1 more
  • 23picnic sites within 4 km
  • 2shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmRendlesham UFO Landing Site #2, Rendlesham East Gate
  • 112car parks within 3 km
  • 16campsites within 10 kmRendlesham Campsite, Run Cottage Caravan Park, Shottisham Camp Site and 13 more
  • 27places to stay within 10 kmVale Farm Barns, Martello Tower AA, Ufford Park Hotel & Spa (Best Western) and 24 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Rendlesham Forest.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

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Great Britain228,938 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Rendlesham Forest

United Kingdom

  • 59Forestyas Score
  • 50%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 1,429Species

Bedgebury Forest

United Kingdom · 131 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 64%Trees
  • 85%Wild
  • 1,430Species

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Epping Forest

United Kingdom · 106 km

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,515Species

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Ashdown Forest

United Kingdom · 148 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 1,460Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7312857) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species168,216 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesIslandyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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