6 Miles Around Stowmarket

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.28 km
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    Calculated time: 3h 05 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 61 m
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    Vertical drop: - 62 m
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    Highest point: 59 m
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    Lowest point: 27 m
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    District: Stowmarket 
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    Start/End: N 52.19185° / E 0.98078°
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 49 m - Start near 26 Gainsborough Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1LH, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 49 m - Head southwest on Gainsborough Rd toward St Peter's Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.21 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Onehouse Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.26 - alt. 53 m - Head northwest on Onehouse Rd toward Thirlmere Dr
  5. 5 : km 0.43 - alt. 56 m - Head northwest on Onehouse Rd toward Mallard Way
  6. 6 : km 0.61 - alt. 58 m - Turn right onto Chilton Way
  7. 7 : km 0.81 - alt. 57 m - Head northeast on Chilton Way toward Lowry Way
  8. 8 : km 1.11 - alt. 53 m - Head northeast on Chilton Way toward Thackeray Grove
  9. 9 : km 1.48 - alt. 46 m - Head east on Chilton Way toward Shakespeare Rd
  10. 10 : km 1.87 - alt. 35 m - Head northeast on Chilton Way toward Bury Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.9 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Bury Rd
  12. 12 : km 2.21 - alt. 32 m - Head southeast on Bury Rd/A1308 toward Gipping Pl
  13. 13 : km 2.73 - alt. 31 m - Turn left at Fairfield Hill
  14. 14 : km 2.77 - alt. 29 m - Head east toward Crown St
  15. 15 : km 2.78 - alt. 29 m - Slight left onto Crown St
  16. 16 : km 2.99 - alt. 28 m - Continue onto Cardinalls Rd
  17. 17 : km 3.01 - alt. 29 m - Head north on Cardinalls Rd toward Spring Row
  18. 18 : km 3.22 - alt. 28 m - Continue onto Spring Row
  19. 19 : km 3.31 - alt. 28 m - Slight right to stay on Spring Row
  20. 20 : km 3.33 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Newton Rd/B1113
  21. 21 : km 3.38 - alt. 30 m - Head southeast on Newton Rd/B1113
  22. 22 : km 3.78 - alt. 31 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Stowupland Rd/B1115
  23. 23 : km 3.92 - alt. 35 m - Head northeast on Stowupland Rd/B1115
  24. 24 : km 4.44 - alt. 59 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Mortimer Rd
  25. 25 : km 4.53 - alt. 57 m - Head southeast on Mortimer Rd toward Sandpiper Rd
  26. 26 : km 5.18 - alt. 42 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Navigation Approach
  27. 27 : km 5.27 - alt. 39 m - Head west on Navigation Approach toward Goosander Rd
  28. 28 : km 5.69 - alt. 33 m - Head southwest on Navigation Approach toward Gipping Valley River Path
  29. 29 : km 5.92 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Gipping Way/A1308
  30. 30 : km 5.93 - alt. 29 m - Head southeast on Gipping Way/A1308 toward Milton Rd E
  31. 31 : km 6.91 - alt. 30 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Needham Rd
  32. 32 : km 7.01 - alt. 29 m - Head west on Needham Rd toward Wynton Rise
  33. 33 : km 7.35 - alt. 28 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Ipswich Rd
  34. 34 : km 7.42 - alt. 28 m - Head north on Ipswich Rd toward Poplar Hill
  35. 35 : km 7.73 - alt. 33 m - Head north on Ipswich Rd toward Lockington Rd
  36. 36 : km 7.95 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Temple Rd
  37. 37 : km 8.03 - alt. 40 m - Head west on Temple Rd toward Unity Rd
  38. 38 : km 8.27 - alt. 41 m - Temple Rd turns right and becomes Abbot's Hall Rd
  39. 39 : km 8.3 - alt. 40 m - Head north on Abbot's Hall Rd
  40. 40 : km 8.38 - alt. 37 m - Continue onto Marriotts Walk
  41. 41 : km 8.44 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 8.52 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 8.54 - alt. 34 m - Head southwest
  44. 44 : km 8.55 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 8.77 - alt. 37 m - Head west toward Iliffe Way
  46. 46 : km 8.79 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Iliffe Way
  47. 47 : km 8.97 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Seabreeze Rd
  48. 48 : km 9.12 - alt. 46 m - Continue onto Danes Cl
  49. 49 : km 9.19 - alt. 45 m - Turn left to stay on Danes Cl
  50. 50 : km 9.19 - alt. 45 m - Head southwest on Danes Cl toward Danescourt Ave
  51. 51 : km 9.26 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Danescourt Ave
  52. 52 : km 9.33 - alt. 42 m - Head northwest on Danescourt Ave toward Finborough Rd/B1115
  53. 53 : km 9.45 - alt. 44 m - Continue onto Finborough Rd/B1115
  54. 54 : km 9.53 - alt. 42 m - Head northeast on Finborough Rd/B1115 toward Onehouse Rd
  55. 55 : km 9.55 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Onehouse Rd
  56. 56 : km 9.74 - alt. 44 m - Head northwest on Onehouse Rd toward Windermere Rd
  57. 57 : km 10.03 - alt. 51 m - Head northwest on Onehouse Rd toward Gainsborough Rd
  58. 58 : km 10.07 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Gainsborough Rd
  59. S/E : km 10.28 - alt. 49 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Gipping Valley River Path - Stowmarket to Needham Market

Walker
Gipping Valley River Path - Stowmarket to Needham Market
↔8.44 km ↗+2 m ↘-18 m ◔2h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stowmarket (Suffolk)

An easy walk following Suffolk's River Gipping between Stowmarket and Needham Market.
The river Gipping forms the source to the mighty Orwell River. At Stowmarket it is no more than a babbling stream that winds its way through the Suffolk countryside. The path keeps to the riverside throughout with no difficult obstacles other than styles, making a pleasant stroll between these two places. With some fantastic pubs at either end it makes a good little pub crawl.

Walking Gipping Valley Way - Needham Market to Ipswich

Walker
Gipping Valley Way - Needham Market to Ipswich
↔19.28 km ↗+13 m ↘-30 m ◔5h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Needham Market (Suffolk)

A walk following Suffolk's River Gipping between Needham Market and Ipswich.

A riverside walk tracing the route of the River Gipping as it heads through Suffolk to join the tidal waters of the Orwell at Ipswich. A gentle ambling route that twists and turns through the countryside which presents a perfect summers walk.
This is a good walk for summer when the sun is shining and the gentle Gipping River trickles its way through the Suffolk countryside. There are old mills, there are little bridges and old locks which are no more than weirs these days presenting an interesting journey. It is a stereotypical English rural landscape. Admittedly the main A14 is never too far away so there is always the distant moan of traffic but it is easy to forget about this, even more so, I would guess, if one is a townie and used to such noises.

Walking Eye to Hoxne

Walker
Eye to Hoxne
↔16.13 km ↗+31 m ↘-33 m ◔4h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Eye (Suffolk)

A walk around the Suffolk villages of Eye and Hoxne.
Hoxne is said to be where St Edmund was Martyred by the Viking invaders in the 9th century. The village is full of reminders of the gruesome event including the cross which marks the place of the oak tree his assailants tied him to, beat him, fired arrows at and eventually beheaded and the bridge he reputedly hid trying to escape his captors.

Walking Into the Valley of Wherstead

Walker
Into the Valley of Wherstead
↔5.62 km ↗+43 m ↘-49 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wherstead (Suffolk)

The historic villages of Wherstead and Freston are great for exploring the unique farmed and estuary landscapes of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. The walks take in Freston Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Walking Wherstead Woodlands

Walker
↔7.58 km ↗+34 m ↘-40 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wherstead (Suffolk)

On the ‘Wherstead Woodlands’ walk, you can see more ancient woodland, the Stalls Valley, farmland and the villages of Wherstead and Freston.

Walking Foxhall and Brookhill Wood

Walker
Foxhall and Brookhill Wood
↔4.80 km ↗+12 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Foxhall (Suffolk)

Short circular walk around heaths and woodlands of Foxhall, Ipswich. A pleasant stroll around the heaths and woodlands around Foxhall, to the east of Ipswich. The walk is short but nonetheless a pleasant way to while a way an hour or two. Natural woodland, babbling stream and if you look very carefully you may even see what remains of Foxhalls All Saints Church

Walking The Sandlings - Martlesham to Rushmere Heath

Walker
The Sandlings - Martlesham to Rushmere Heath
↔7.74 km ↗+13 m ↘-9 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Martlesham (Suffolk)

A walk across heathland from Martlesham to Rushmere Heath on the eastern fringes of Ipswich
Like most modern towns, Ipswich is suffering from a seemingly endless amount of urban sprawl that envelops the traditional villages that once surrounded it. However, this walk follows heathland that is hidden behind the housing estates all the way from Martlesham through to Rushmere Heath and Ipswich Hospital.

Walking Across the Dam and Up the Creek

Walker
↔7.76 km ↗+24 m ↘-24 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

This walk gives fantastic views over Alton Water Park. The longer walk leads you to Holbrook Creek and passes through the pretty village of Stutton. A shorter walk visits a nature reserve and the Tattingstone Clifton Wonder, a building designed to deceive!

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