Whitton Akenham Fynn Valley Circular

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 25.00 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 7h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 117 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 119 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 53 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 4 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ipswich 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.057048° / E 1.170298°
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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. 14 m - Start on Spring Road
  2. 2 : km 1.09 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Fonnereau Road
  3. 3 : km 1.6 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Anglesea Road
  4. 4 : km 1.61 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Henley Road
  5. 5 : km 2.04 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto St Edmund's Road
  6. 6 : km 2.41 - alt. 38 m - Turn sharp right onto Broughton Road
  7. 7 : km 2.61 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Ivry Street
  8. 8 : km 2.72 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto Paget Road
  9. 9 : km 2.78 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Anglesea Road
  10. 10 : km 3.04 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Norwich Road, A1156
  11. 11 : km 3.15 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 3.16 - alt. 11 m - Keep left onto Norwich Road
  13. 13 : km 5.23 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 5.23 - alt. 39 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 5.28 - alt. 39 m - Turn slight right onto Old Norwich Road
  16. 16 : km 6.4 - alt. 32 m - Keep left
  17. 17 : km 6.8 - alt. 16 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 7.62 - alt. 18 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 8.21 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 8.36 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 8.63 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 9.12 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto Thurleston Lane
  23. 23 : km 10.16 - alt. 29 m - Turn sharp left onto Henley Road
  24. 24 : km 10.75 - alt. 31 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 11.62 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 12.28 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Westerfield Road, B1077
  27. 27 : km 12.38 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 13.43 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Westerfield Lane
  29. 29 : km 14.05 - alt. 26 m - Turn slight left onto The Street
  30. 30 : km 14.26 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Fynn Lane
  31. 31 : km 14.34 - alt. 16 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 15.18 - alt. 12 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 15.5 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 15.87 - alt. 39 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 16.89 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Humber Doucy Lane
  36. 36 : km 17.74 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp right onto Rushmere Road
  37. 37 : km 18.52 - alt. 41 m - Enter roundabout
  38. 38 : km 18.66 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 18.7 - alt. 41 m - Keep right
  40. 40 : km 18.99 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Woodbridge Road
  41. 41 : km 19.52 - alt. 42 m - Keep right onto Woodbridge Road East
  42. 42 : km 19.77 - alt. 40 m - Keep right onto Heath Road, A1189
  43. 43 : km 20.49 - alt. 37 m - Turn slight left onto Heath Road
  44. 44 : km 20.9 - alt. 38 m - Keep right onto Heath Road
  45. 45 : km 20.93 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Foxhall Road
  46. 46 : km 22.21 - alt. 40 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 22.26 - alt. 39 m - Turn slight left onto Derby Road
  48. 48 : km 22.51 - alt. 39 m - Turn sharp left onto Rosehill Road
  49. 49 : km 23.22 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto Felixstowe Road, A1156
  50. 50 : km 23.24 - alt. 33 m - Turn sharp left onto Nacton Road
  51. 51 : km 23.28 - alt. 33 m - Turn slight left onto Bishops Hill, A1156
  52. 52 : km 23.97 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Back Hamlet
  53. 53 : km 24.17 - alt. 14 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 24.43 - alt. 12 m - Turn sharp left
  55. 55 : km 24.44 - alt. 11 m - Turn sharp right
  56. 56 : km 24.47 - alt. 11 m - Keep right
  57. 57 : km 24.51 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Milner Street
  58. 58 : km 24.52 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Kings Avenue
  59. 59 : km 24.68 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Grove Lane
  60. 60 : km 24.83 - alt. 13 m - Turn sharp right onto Spring Road
  61. 61 : km 24.91 - alt. 13 m - Turn sharp right onto Spring Road
  62. S/E : km 25 - alt. 14 m

Useful Information

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Walking Into the Valley of Wherstead

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Walking Foxhall and Brookhill Wood

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↔4.80 km ↗+12 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
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The Sandlings - Martlesham to Rushmere Heath
↔7.74 km ↗+13 m ↘-9 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
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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.

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↔12.91 km ↗+40 m ↘-39 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
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Walking Wildlife and Wonder

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↔4.85 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

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↔7.76 km ↗+24 m ↘-24 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
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