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SUFFOLK COAST AND HEATHS WALKS
THREE LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES IN THE AONB
THE SUFFOLK COAST PATH THE STOUR AND ORWELL WALK THE SANDLINGS WALK
by Laurence Mitchell
2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY
About the Author
Originally from the West Midlands, Laurence Mitchell has been based in East Anglia for longer than he cares to remember. With a degree in Environmental Science, he worked as a geography teacher for many years before finally reinventing himself as a freelance travel writer and photographer. Never one to follow the crowd, Laurence is especially interested in off-the-beaten-track destinations such as the Balkans, Central Asia and the Caucasus region, and has written guidebooks to Serbia, Belgrade and Kyrgyzstan, as well as Slow Norfolk and Slow Suffolk for Bradt Travel Guides. When not venturing off to exotic destinations abroad he likes to explore his own backyard of Norfolk and Suffolk, a region he enjoys just as much as anywhere else.
In addition to writing several guidebooks, Laurence has contributed to a number of travel anthologies and provides regular travel and destination features for magazines including Hidden Europe, Geographical, Walk and Heritage, in addition to writing world music reviews for Perceptive Travel webzine. He is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers. Find out more at the author's website, www.laurencemitchell.com and his blog, https://eastofelveden.wordpress.com
Other Cicerone guides by this author:
Walking in Norfolk
© Laurence Mitchell 2017
Second edition 2017
ISBN: 978 1 85284 870 5
First edition 2012
Printed in China on Behalf of Latitude Press Ltd
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB Team for their valuable assistance and up-to-date information on the routes described here.
Advice to Readers
While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. If we know of any, there will be an Updates tab on this book’s page on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/870/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. Temporary route changes can be checked on the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB website (www.suffolkcoastandheathe.org/things-to-do-/walking/footpath-changes-updates/). We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.
Front cover: Benacre beach (Suffolk Coast Path, Stage 1) © Natural England
CONTENTS
Stage 1 Lowestoft to Covehithe
Stage 2 Covehithe to Southwold
Stage 3 Southwold to Dunwich
Stage 4 Dunwich to Thorpeness
Stage 5 Thorpeness to Snape Maltings
Stage 6 Snape Maltings to Chillesford
Stage 7 Chillesford to Shingle Street
Stage 8 Shingle Street to Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
Suffolk Coast Path/Stour and Orwell Walk Link
Stage 1 Trimley St Mary to Nacton
Stage 2 Nacton to Orwell Bridge, Ipswich
Stage 3 Orwell Bridge, Ipswich to Pin Mill
Stage 4 Pin Mill to Lower Holbrook
Stage 5 Lower Holbrook to Cattawade