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Leathes Ham
Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Lowestoft, Suffolk
OS grid	TM 531 933
Area	6.0 hectares

Leathes Ham is a 6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is owned by Waveney District Council.

In the medieval period this site was turbary, an area which was dug for peat, and it later flooded and became a lake. It has a reedbed, dykes, and marshes where wildfowl breed. Flora include ragged robin and southern marsh orchid.

There is access from Normanston Park.

References

1. ^ "Leathes Ham". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
2. "Map of Leathes Ham". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
3. Butcher, David (2016). Medieval Lowestoft: The Origins and Growth of a Suffolk Coastal Community. Boydell & Brewer. p. 47. ISBN 9781783271498.

52°28′44″N 1°43′34″E / 52.479°N 1.726°E / 52.479; 1.726

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Mid Suffolk	Bramford Meadows Church Meadow Fen Alder Carr Needham Lake The Pennings, Eye Rede Wood
West Suffolk	Aspal Close Barton Mills Valley Haverhill Railway Walks Maidscross Hill Moreton Hall Community Woods
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