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Thursday, 17 March 2022

Leiston to Middleton Mill Circular Walk

Leiston to Middleton Mill Circular WalkA walk across the coastal Suffolk countryside to the village of MiddletonA splendid way to spend a days walking, cross fields and countryside and heading to the location of the Middleton Watermill. There are churches to stop and investigate on the wa...

Saturday, 5 March 2022

Sizewell Circular Walk 1 of 5

Sizewell Circular Walk 1 of 5Sizewell, Goose Hill, Kenton Hills and Sizewell BeltsWalk 1 of a series of five Walks created for the Vulcan Arms pub at Sizewell. This follows the beach to woodland of Goose Hill and Kenton Hills with return across Sisewell Belts. A glorious walk encapsulating the differing...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Suffolk Coast Path Challenge Walk Part 2

Suffolk Coast Path Challenge Walk Part 2A 2 day challenge walk to complete the Suffolk Coast PathThe second day of a 2 day challenge walk to walk the Suffolk Coast from Languard Fort to the county boundary at Hopton. This second starts at Sizewell and continues through to Hopt...

Suffolk Coast Path Challenge Walk Part 1

Suffolk Coast Path Challenge Walk Part 1A 2 day challenge walk to complete the Suffolk Coast PathThe first day of a 2 day challenge walk to walk the Suffolk Coast from Languard Fort to the county boundary at Hopton. This first day terminates at approximately the half way point of Sizewe...

Sunday, 6 February 2022

Leiston To Yoxford Circular Walk

Leiston To Yoxford Circular WalkExploring the countryside between the East Suffolk villages of Leiston and SuffolkThis is a walk to celebrate the glorious working landscape of East Suffolk. With the option of two pubs at Yoxford this makes for a good days rambli...

Thursday, 6 January 2022

Dunwich to Walberswick

A 13 mile Suffolk circular walk connecting Dunwich and WalberswickThis walk encapsulates coast, forest and marsh presenting a myriad of landscapes. Making use of both the Sandlings and Suffolk Coast Path, it is a simple and easily navigated wander to fill a days exploration...

Sunday, 12 December 2021

In Search of Leiston's Ancient Pagan Sites, the Procession Rayles and Gallows

A 7 mile walk following the western parish boundary of Leiston in Suffolk, as described in a document from the middle-ages This walk attempts to follow the instructions of a perambulation around the western side of the Leiston Parish boundary that was undertaken in the year AD1620. Leiston's history...

Thursday, 7 January 2021

In Search of Leiston Gibbet, Friday Market Heath and St Andrews Green

A 6 mile walk around the heaths and commons of Coldfair GreenThis walk follows an investigation to seek out the location of the Leiston Gibbet and an area of heathland that was known in the 1600's as Friday Market Heath. The only reference to these places comes from an old book from 1910 entitled...

Monday, 17 February 2020

Alde Valley Walk - Sweffling to Badingham

A circular walk through the quintessential Suffolk countryside following the River AldeA circular walk following country lanes with a few footpaths along the Alde Valley. This is typical Suffolk countryside where one can take a lazy stroll. There are pubs to visit, three to be precise and all named...

Saturday, 25 January 2020

Saxmundham to Rendham Circular Walk

Circular Walk between Saxmundham and the village of RendhamSix mile circular walk across the Suffolk countryside with a worthy stop off at the White Horse pub at Rendham. Woodland, open fields, babbling brooks make this typical of this part of Suffolk. And there is history to, with the Roman bronze...

Tuesday, 7 January 2020

In Search of the Lost City of Dunwich

A circular walk between Leiston and DunwichThis walk uses the beach and the Sandlings Path to provide a days walk to Dunwich from Leiston via Sizewell. One should time this walk such that the beach is walked a couple of hours either side of low tide when there is a little sand to walk along. At other...

Kenton Hills and Broom Covert Circular Walk

A circular walk around the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at SizewellThis walk has a diverse landscape that has something for everyone. Woodland, coast and beach, freshwater marsh and Sandlings Heath which is a delight to any visitor and worthy of its status as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....

Monday, 23 December 2019

Suffolk Coast Path - Sizewell to Aldeburgh Circular Walk

A circular walk from Sizewell to Aldeburgh along the Suffolk Coast PathThe Suffolk Coast Path does not go into Aldeburgh but it is a simple excursion to continue along the beach all the way down to the unique clover leafed Martello Tower at the vanished village of Slaughden using the old railway track...

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Bromeswell Village Walk

A very easy 2 mile walk around the Suffolk Village of BromeswellThe Sandlings Path avoids the busy road between Melton and the footpath across the Heathland to Rendlesham Forest by navigating around the quiet village of Bromeswell. Although only a short distance, it is worth taking ones time to explore...

The Sandlings Walk - Bromeswell to Snape

A 16 mile walk along the Suffolk Sandlings Path between Bromeswell and Snape taking in Rendlesham and Tunstall forestsThe route leads across gorse covered heathland and through forest which typifies the modern landscape of the Sandlings. The forests are a modern development, set up with the founding...

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Exploring the Suffolk Coast and Heaths area of Oustanding Natural Beauty around Aldeburgh

A 12.5 mile walk between Aldringham and Aldeburgh through the Suffolk Coastal Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyThere is a variety of differing scenery along this route, gentle hills around Aldringham, boardwalks across the marshes at The Fens, a walk along the old Aldeburgh railway and an estuary walk...

Friday, 6 December 2019

A Country Amble between Leiston and Saxmundham

A 5 mile walk across the Coastal Suffolk landscape between Leiston and SaxmundhamThis walk searches out footpaths to connect the neighbouring towns of Leiston and Suffolk. Although there is no direct route, the paths chosen are certainly more conducive to the walker than the busy road route. With the...

Thursday, 28 November 2019

A Walk through the Woods on Kenton and Goose Hills

An easy 7 mile circular walk through the woodland around Sizewell on the Suffolk CoastSuffolk is not best known for its hills and Kenton Hill and Goose Hill probably would not be regarded as hills but for their name. However this wooded area offers an ever changing scenery throughout the year with the...

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Sweffling Circular Walk 2

Short circular walk through the Suffolk countryside around the village of SwefflingThe second circular walk that starts and ends at the Sweffling White Horse pub. This leads the rambler across river valley, woodland and some amazing Suffolk countryside. This is a perfect way to spend a Sunday morning,...

Sunday, 22 September 2019

In Search of Sizewell Chapel

A 10 mile walk following the southern side of the parish boundary of Leiston in Suffolk This walk follows the route of a 17th century perambulation around the southern side of the Leiston Parish boundary. The walk uses the ancient track down to Sizewell and continues down to Thorpe before turning inland...

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In Search of Sizewell Chapel

A 10 mile walk following the southern side of the parish boundary of Leiston in Suffolk This walk follows the route of a 17th century peramb...

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