Welcome

This site is provided to help you to enjoy and appreciate the Sandlings Forest  (i.e. Dunwich, Tunstall and Rendlesham Forests)  which is located near the beautiful Suffolk coast. It is independently maintained  utilising information obtained from official Forestry Commission sources. 

 

We hope you will be encouraged to find out more about what you can do in the forests - go walking, running, cycling, bird-watching, dog-exercising, tree-spotting, camping, tracking, orienteering, horse riding, carriage driving . or, if you dare, look for UFOs...     Or you can just wander at your leisure, sit and enjoy the natural surroundings.

The Forestry Commission  stage a varied programme of events in the Sandlings Forest.  Copies of the latest 'What's on' can be obtained from the Forest office and Car Park kiosk in Rendlesham Forest.  They also provide two leaflets providing details of the waymarked walks in the Forest :-

  • Click  here to download  the leaflet which covers all the  way-marked walk and cycle  trails in Rendlesham Forest. (pdf 1.3 mb)

  • Click  here to download the special UFO trail leaflet ~ a guide to enhance your understanding of the alleged UFO incident. (pdf 1.1 mb)

Some additional events are also staged in the Forest to which you are welcome to come  and enjoy.  To find out more about these events click  'What else is on'    

A  programme of guided walks is organised by the "Stepping out in Suffolk" health walk  leaders. 

 

These short walks are suitable for adults and children of all ages and are arranged  at regular intervals throughout the year.  

Click on the  News page for information on changes in the facilities  or news of imminent or most recent events in the forest.

With the permission of the Forestry Commission, certain approved recreational clubs hold  Husky racing, Orienteering, Motorcycling and Carriage Driving events in the Sandlings Forest.  Click on photo below to follow link to the club's  web site

 

Huskys in Rendlesham                         Orienteers in Daisy's Wood                          Motorcyclists in Tunstall                                  Carriage Driving in Rendlesham

 

Click the link to find out a little more about organisations who manage the Sandlings landscape and who regularly stage events or activities in the Sandlings Forest  More links...