Blaxhall Common
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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 Blaxhall Heath shown within Suffolk
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| Area of Search | Suffolk |
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| Grid reference | TM 380 565 |
| Coordinates | 52°09′18″N 1°28′41″E / 52.155°N 1.478°ECoordinates: 52°09′18″N 1°28′41″E / 52.155°N 1.478°E |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 45.9 hectares (0.46 km2; 0.18 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1987 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Blaxhall Common is a nature reserve in the parish of Blaxhall in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk. The reserve is owned by Blaxhall Parish Council and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. It is designated a 45.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest as Blaxhall Heath. It is part of the Sandlings Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A Bronze Age bowl barrow is a Scheduled Monument.
The site is located on the Suffolk Sandlings, an area of sandy soil and glacial geology stretching along the Suffolk coast from Ipswich to Southwold. The traditional land cover was lowland dry heathland, but much of this landscape has been destroyed with isolated areas, such as at Blaxhall, surviving. The site is bordered to three sides by the Sandlings Forest SSSI.
Blaxhall Common is around 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Blaxhall and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Snape on the B1069 road between Snape and Tunstall. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Leiston and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Woodbridge. It falls on the edge of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
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