Lakenheath Warren

{{Short description|Protected area in Suffolk, England}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image = Lakenheath Warren - geograph.org.uk - 481888.jpg

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|name = Lakenheath Warren

|aos = Suffolk

|interest = Biological

|gridref = {{gbmappingsmall| TL 766 804 }}

|area = 588.3 hectares

|coordinates = {{coord|52.39|0.59|type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title,inline}}

|notifydate = 1986

|map = [http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004467%27 Magic Map]

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Lakenheath Warren is a {{convert|588.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England.{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004467%27 |title=Designated Sites View: Lakenheath Warren | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 25 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004467%27 |title=Map of Lakenheath Warren|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 25 May 2017}} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages= 133–134|authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }} and part of Breckland Special Area of Conservation{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0019865 |title= Breckland |series=Special Areas of Conservation |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 4 May 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0019865&SiteName=breckland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Breckland | series= Special Area of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 10 May 2017}} and Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9009201&SiteName=breckland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Breckland | series= Special Protection Area|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 10 May 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9009201.pdf |title=Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Breckland. |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 4 May 2017}} The RAF Lakenheath base is located nearby.

This is the largest remaining area of heath in the Breckland, and it has a history of use for sheep grazing and as a rabbit warren from the thirteenth century, and continuing until the Second World War. There are several rare lichens and plants, and over fifty species of breeding birds.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004467.pdf |title=Lakenheath Warren citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 25 May 2017}}

Part of the site is common land with a right of public access.{{cite web|url=https://common-land.com/lands/view/6859|title=Part of Lakenheath Warren|publisher=common-land.com|accessdate= 25 May 2017}}