Dawes Hall, Lamarsh, Sudbury, Suffolk
Created | Updated Apr 17, 2002
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Sunday 2nd May 1999 Where does one go on a Bank Holiday Sunday? We discovered a little gem. On the Essex Suffolk borders, quiet country lanes through undulating countryside lead to Dawes Hall. The are is an Essex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, open to the public four times a year, although school parties are catered for more often. We followed the nature trail, as laid out in the excellent value guide booklet, you need this or you will miss a lot. There are several bird hides and one tree house with a lift (which was sadly out of order), although whilst we were in the hides, all the birds must have been on the roof Ha! Ha! The wild flower meadow had a mass of cowslips and other, unknown to us, species. The river Stour runs through the area with now unused canal and lock remains turned over the wildlife preservation. The lucky amongst you may spot a kingfisher here. At the end of your walk the trail leads to a fenced wildfowl sanctuary containing approximately twenty different species of waterfowl. Lastly a visit to the bee room which allows you to view the observation hive and buy some honey at £2 a jar. On completion you have earned a visit to the best value tea room ever, and we should know! The good selection of homemade cakes at 50p a slice prompted an unprecidented secound round. Tea and coffee were also only 50p. This was all consumed in pleasant garden surroundings, the proceeds go to a local charity. If fine weather and the all too rare open days coincide; GO FOR IT! Chris Kyan, Karen Hills and Mary Hills, the Tog
Sunday 2nd May 1999 Where does one go on a Bank Holiday Sunday? We discovered a little gem. On the Essex Suffolk borders, quiet country lanes through undulating countryside lead to Dawes Hall. The are is an Essex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, open to the public four times a year, although school parties are catered for more often. We followed the nature trail, as laid out in the excellent value guide booklet, you need this or you will miss a lot. There are several bird hides and one tree house with a lift (which was sadly out of order), although whilst we were in the hides, all the birds must have been on the roof Ha! Ha! The wild flower meadow had a mass of cowslips and other, unknown to us, species. The river Stour runs through the area with now unused canal and lock remains turned over the wildlife preservation. The lucky amongst you may spot a kingfisher here. At the end of your walk the trail leads to a fenced wildfowl sanctuary containing approximately twenty different species of waterfowl. Lastly a visit to the bee room which allows you to view the observation hive and buy some honey at £2 a jar. On completion you have earned a visit to the best value tea room ever, and we should know! The good selection of homemade cakes at 50p a slice prompted an unprecidented secound round. Tea and coffee were also only 50p. This was all consumed in pleasant garden surroundings, the proceeds go to a local charity. If fine weather and the all too rare open days coincide; GO FOR IT! Chris Kyan, Karen Hills and Mary Hills, the Tog
