Alderman Canal East | |
Type: | Local Nature Reserve |
Grid Ref Uk: | TM 155 445 |
Location: | Ipswich, Suffolk |
Area: | 1.6 hectares |
Manager: | Greenways Project, Ipswich Borough Council |
Alderman Canal East is a 1.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by Ipswich Borough Council and managed by the Greenways Countryside Project.[1] [2]
A path runs along a canalised part of the River Gipping, and the site also has reedbeds, a ditch and grassland with tall herbs. There are uncommon wetland flora, and birds include spotted flycatchers, common kingfishers and reed buntings.[1]
There is access from Alderman Road.