Deben & Seafront
Yellow Routes: 6 - 10 miles
Immediately beyond gate go L through kissing gate and follow narrow path
between hedge and grassy embankment. Path turns R, passes below railway line, continuing through
scrubby area, soon bearing L to pass below another railway line and into meadow.
Field path goes L off road opposite garage.
Alternatives are:
- shorter route to Felixstowe beaches and rail station turn R along bridleway to join Gulpher Road; to Felixstowe station via seafront and Bent Hill about 6 miles.
- Alternatively, continue ahead on path bordering garden hedge for the Deben walks. (Key points 7-10).
Just after bend in road beyond Gulpher Farm look L for start of field path up
rising ground.
Paths diverge. Branch half R across
meadow towards gate and stile.
Cross over track and keep direction
over grassy area down to belt of trees.
Immediately through trees follow field
path ahead over rising ground. (Ignore
more obvious farm track to L).
Alternative routes to the Deben,
Felixstowe Ferry and seafront:
- Turn right along road following 'Stour and Orwell Walk Inland Route' signs, passing Deben Lodge Farm and track beyond. Trimley - Felixstowe station via Bent Hill about 8 miles.
- Continue ahead along Falkenham road for about mile, turning right along road signed to Goseford Hall. Follow sinuous but self-evident path to Falkenham Marshes; to Felixstowe station via Bent Hill about 9 miles.
- As ii, but via Falkenham church and creek; to Felixstowe station via Bent Hill about 10 miles.
Walk distances can be reduced by nearly a mile by following the more direct route to Felixstowe station along High Road East or by about 2 miles by using occasional buses from Felixstowe Ferry to the station at Great Eastern Square. (0871 200 22 33 www.traveline.info)
