Playford Trails

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 15.89 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 38 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 43 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 44 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 6 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ipswich 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.055567° / E 1.174459°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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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. 41 m - Start on Woodville Road
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Woodville Road
  3. 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Tennyson Road
  4. 4 : km 0.2 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Wellesley Road
  5. 5 : km 0.27 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Marlborough Road
  6. 6 : km 0.6 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Cauldwell Hall Road
  7. 7 : km 0.61 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Freehold Road
  8. 8 : km 1.82 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 1.86 - alt. 39 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 2.05 - alt. 39 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 2.06 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 2.1 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Heath Road, A1189
  13. 13 : km 2.17 - alt. 38 m - Keep left
  14. 14 : km 2.18 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left
  15. 15 : km 2.18 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 2.19 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 2.24 - alt. 38 m - Turn sharp right onto Trafalar Walk
  18. 18 : km 2.82 - alt. 39 m - Keep right
  19. 19 : km 2.98 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 3.58 - alt. 37 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 3.63 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Woodbridge Road, A1214
  22. 22 : km 3.66 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Bent Lane
  23. 23 : km 4.14 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Playford Road
  24. 24 : km 4.17 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Rushmere Street
  25. 25 : km 4.65 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 4.69 - alt. 39 m - Keep left
  27. 27 : km 6.38 - alt. 36 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 7.75 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto The Street
  29. 29 : km 7.98 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Sandy Lane
  30. 30 : km 8.23 - alt. 19 m - Turn slight left onto Sandy Lane
  31. 31 : km 9.19 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight right onto Hill Farm Road
  32. 32 : km 9.27 - alt. 19 m - Keep left onto Hill Farm Road
  33. 33 : km 9.55 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Butts Road
  34. 34 : km 9.56 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 9.79 - alt. 9 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 9.8 - alt. 9 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 11.15 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight left
  38. 38 : km 11.17 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight left
  39. 39 : km 11.19 - alt. 17 m - Keep left
  40. 40 : km 11.28 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left
  41. 41 : km 11.47 - alt. 27 m - Turn slight left
  42. 42 : km 12.12 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Rushmere Street
  43. 43 : km 13.1 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Humber Doucy Lane
  44. 44 : km 13.11 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp right onto Rushmere Road
  45. 45 : km 13.88 - alt. 41 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Rushmere Road
  46. 46 : km 14.76 - alt. 42 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 14.79 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp right onto Cauldwell Hall Road
  48. 48 : km 15.29 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Marlborough Road
  49. 49 : km 15.63 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Wellesley Road
  50. 50 : km 15.69 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Tennyson Road
  51. 51 : km 15.79 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Woodville Road
  52. S/E : km 15.89 - alt. 41 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 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 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 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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