Events Working lighthouse visit – joint NT and Trinity House event. Wildtrack Working Holidays. Tel. 0870 429 2429 for details. Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch – coastal survey and clean up. Tel. 01394 450900 after July for details
Guided tours Natural history, military history and general interest
Country walks Illustrated trail guide covering three available walks and children's quiz/trail for sale
About this property
The largest vegetated shingle spit in Europe, the Reserve contains a variety of habitats including shingle, saltmarsh, mudflat, brackish lagoons and grazing marsh. It provides an important location for breeding and passage birds as well as for the coastal shingle flora and wildlife, including a large number of nationally rare species. The Ness was a secret military test site from 1913 until the mid-1980s. Visitors follow a 5½ml route, which can be walked in total or in part (the full walk involves walking on shingle). Other walks (approx. 3ml) are open seasonally.
