Mickle Mere
Mickle Mere is a 17-hectare nature reserve south of Ixworth in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. This area of open water and wet meadows has diverse bird life such as lapwings, kestrels, little egrets and reed buntings, as well as mammals like water voles and otters.Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Wetland
- Description: Suffolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve
- Also known as: “Micklemere”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pakenham Water Mill and Bangrove Wood.
Bangrove Wood
Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bangrove Wood is an 18.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Ixworth in Suffolk, England. This is ancient coppice with standards on clay soil with diverse herb flora.
Nether Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Nether Hall is a country house situated in the village of Pakenham, Suffolk. It was one of the ancient manors of the village and seat of the Greene baronets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ixworth and Pakenham.
Ixworth
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 6 miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and 9 miles south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census.
Pakenham
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pakenham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Its name can be linked to Anglo-Saxon roots, Pacca being the founder of a settlement on the hill surrounding Pakenham church.
Thurston
Village
Photo: Donama, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thurston is a village and a parish in Suffolk situated about 4 miles east of Bury St Edmunds and 10 miles west of Stowmarket. In mid-2005, Thurston's estimated population was 3,260, making it one of the larger communities in the area, falling slightly to 3,232 at the 2011 Census. Thurston railway station opened in 1846 and is still operating today.
Mickle Mere
- Categories: nature reserve and body of water
- Location: Pakenham, St. Edmundsbury District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.2916° or 52° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
0.8394° or 0° 50′ 22″ eastOpen location code
9F427RRQ+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 287021807OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandWikidata ID
Q6838864
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