The St Helena Trail passes close to this geocache in a part of the forest where you'll see less people. If you carry on past the cache you can get right to the edge of the forest and look out across to the sea.
Note that it's impossible to get into the forest from the track in the Dingle Stone House area. The only access is at the cattle grid at Gorse Cottage, the trailhead waypoint will guide you here if you're in any doubt.
The forest:
This part of Dunwich forest is going through a "rewilding" process aimed at creating a mosaic of different habitats. It is an area of open access land with a network of forest rides and paths. A map might be helpful if you plan on getting off the waymarked trail. You could come across deer, ponies and other mammals in the forest.
Access:
Car parking areas can be found along the Dunwich road and at two large car parks, although these are a fair distance from the cache. Please do not park on the St Helena road - this is clearly signed as no entry for unauthorised traffic and is used by Forestry Commission vehicles as well as residents.
September 2025: the area of the forest south of the St Helena road is being felled in places. This will make access from the main car parks tricky and the St Helena Trail, which passes this cache, is technically closed, although the area around the cache is not in the area to be felled. You should be fine at the weekend, but access during the week may be problematic and you may find paths south of the road have been churned up by machinery.
You could walk in from the west by following forest rides and tracks or from the St Helena road - the easiest way to do this is to follow the orange waymarking arrows which route the St Helena Trail. The cache is located on a track to the east of the trail - see the trailhead waypoint. There's no need to bushwhack - the paths will get you here quicker. The forest may be muddy after it's been wet of course.
You could also access this cache direct from Dunwich, walking along the Suffolk Coast Path along the edge of the forest. Or even come from Walberswick - although wherever you come from you're a fair distance from anywhere much out here.
The cache:
The cache is a small sized container (but certainly on the regular side of small with space for swaps and so on). It should be reasonable to access, although thorns, brambles, bracken and the like might cause problems. It is very close to the edge of the access land and to the north of a fence line. There is no need to cross a fence to find the cache.
The cache is located on open access land. The landowner (Forestry Commission East England) does not assess the suitability or safety of the cache location. The cache placer and the cache finder have a responsibility to take reasonable precautions to protect their own safety and the safety of others. Hazards observed at or on route to the cache location should be reported to the cache placer (that's me!)