Ipswich Ale Trails 2019

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.38 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 52 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 52 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 51 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 11 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ipswich 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.059694° / E 1.164356°
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Description

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 16 m - Start on Finchley Road
  2. 2 : km 0.03 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto Cemetery Road
  3. 3 : km 0.14 - alt. 14 m - Keep right onto Cemetery Road
  4. 4 : km 0.23 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Christchurch Street
  5. 5 : km 0.37 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto Withipoll Street
  6. 6 : km 0.52 - alt. 24 m - Turn right onto Bolton Lane, B1077
  7. 7 : km 0.56 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 0.6 - alt. 27 m - Turn slight right
  9. 9 : km 0.69 - alt. 29 m - Keep left
  10. 10 : km 0.82 - alt. 26 m - Turn slight right
  11. 11 : km 0.98 - alt. 24 m - Keep right
  12. 12 : km 1.29 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 1.3 - alt. 43 m - Turn slight right
  14. 14 : km 1.36 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Henley Road
  15. 15 : km 1.47 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Dale Hall Lane
  16. 16 : km 2.76 - alt. 35 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Congreve Road
  17. 17 : km 3 - alt. 36 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Fircroft Road
  18. 18 : km 3.24 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight left onto Fircroft Road
  19. 19 : km 3.42 - alt. 44 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 3.5 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Palmcroft Road
  21. 21 : km 3.85 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Palmcroft Road
  22. 22 : km 3.91 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Congreve Road
  23. 23 : km 4.01 - alt. 35 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Fircroft Road
  24. 24 : km 4.25 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Ashcroft Road
  25. 25 : km 5.23 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto Norwich Road, A1156
  26. 26 : km 5.28 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Cromer Road
  27. 27 : km 5.29 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Norwich Road, A1156
  28. 28 : km 6.17 - alt. 11 m - Turn slight right
  29. 29 : km 6.19 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Norwich Road, A1156
  30. 30 : km 6.29 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Anglesea Road
  31. 31 : km 6.37 - alt. 17 m - Turn slight right onto Anglesea Road
  32. 32 : km 7.07 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Henley Road
  33. 33 : km 7.12 - alt. 29 m - Keep left onto Henley Road
  34. 34 : km 7.14 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto High Street
  35. 35 : km 7.24 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Charles Street
  36. 36 : km 7.55 - alt. 18 m - Turn right onto Neale Street
  37. 37 : km 7.64 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Crown Street
  38. 38 : km 7.75 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Soane Street, B1077
  39. 39 : km 7.87 - alt. 16 m - Turn sharp right onto St Margaret's Green, B1077
  40. 40 : km 7.92 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Cobbold Street
  41. 41 : km 8.12 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Christchurch Street
  42. 42 : km 8.15 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Cemetery Road
  43. 43 : km 8.24 - alt. 14 m - Turn slight left onto Cemetery Road
  44. 44 : km 8.34 - alt. 15 m - Turn right onto Finchley Road
  45. S/E : km 8.38 - alt. 16 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

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 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 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 Erwarton, Church End & River Orwell from Pin Mill

Walker
↔12.91 km ↗+40 m ↘-39 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Chelmondiston (Suffolk)

This circular walk through the countryside of Suffolk includes a section alongside the River Orwell. The route takes you inland passing Erwarton Hall and the fine church at Church End to the banks of the Orwell from where you can see Felixstowe Docks. The walk then heads north along the Orwell following the Stout and Orwell Walk.

Walking Wildlife and Wonder

Walker
↔4.85 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔1h 25 ▲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!

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!

Walking Alton Water Reservoir

Walker
Alton Water Reservoir
↔12.30 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

Located on the Shotley peninsular, the Alton Water Reservoir provides an easy walk around its water. A self contained circular route that needs little in the way of maps. Just keep the water on your right and keep walking! The mixed variety of landscapes of open meadow, woods and even the hills on the northern side of the reservoir provide a constant changing scenery throughout the walk. In all this is a great walk with some pleasing panoramas and ever changing views of the reservoir.

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