By Steve Aylward.
Fox Fritillary Meadow Nature Reserve
We are closing the reserve to the public in 2024 to enable the fritillaries and other wildflowers a chance to recover. We aim to reopen the meadows for public access in 2025.
Location
OS Map Reference
TM190609
Know before you go
Dogs
Assistance dogs only
When to visit
Opening times
Visiting this meadow is only possible at an annual open event which we aim to hold during the fritillary flowering period (usually mid to late April). For more information please telephone 01473 890089.Best time to visit
April to MayAbout the reserve
Displays of up to 3,000 nodding purple-chequered and white flower heads. The largest of only four remaining snake’s head fritillary sites in Suffolk, this reserve is an ancient floodplain meadow. Fritillaries thrive in land that periodically floods. In spring, the emergence of the grass like foliage is soon followed by stunning displays in mid April to early May.
Eighteen fritillary sites were known in Suffolk in 1889, but sadly most have been lost through drainage or ploughing. The fritillaries bloom alongside early meadow flowers such as cowslip and cuckoo flower. Visiting this meadow is only possible at an annual open event which we aim to hold during the fritillary flowering period.
