Route finding

You need a basic understanding of maps and ability to follow them. The map shows significant features of the landscape that walkers will meet. Where the way is obvious, less detail is given, but at places where more care may be needed numbered key points give additional help, but these do not form a continuous step-by-step description of the whole route. It is strongly recommended that the OS Explorer map 197 Ipswich, Felixstowe and Harwich is also used.

Stour and Orwell Walk

For the more adventurous, a waymarked 42 mile walk exists between Cattawade to Felixstowe. A guide pack is on sale at local Tourist Information Centres or from the publishers: Suffolk Coast and Heaths Unit (01394 384948). See www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org.

Planning your walk

Time: Allow approximately 30 minutes per mile of walking, adding on time for refreshment breaks.

Map: OS Explorer sheet 197 Ipswich, Felixstowe and Harwich

Refreshment: most of the routes are in remote countryside, so be sure to carry enough refreshments for the whole of your walk, especially drink. Pubs, shops and cafes in Trimley villages, Felixstowe Ferry and Felixstowe seafront and town centre.

Useful information

Felixstowe Tourist Information Centre 01394 276770 email: ftic@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.

For details of train times call 08457 48 49 50 or visit National Express East Anglia

For details of bus times call traveline 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.traveline.org.uk