Ipswich Circular

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.21 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 18 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 17 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 28 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 2 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ipswich 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.055895° / E 1.164412°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(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. 10 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 10 m - Turn sharp right
  3. 3 : km 0.02 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.07 - alt. 10 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.44 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.51 - alt. 2 m - Turn right onto Neptune Quay
  7. 7 : km 0.82 - alt. 2 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 0.87 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Key Street
  9. 9 : km 0.93 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Lower Orwell Street
  10. 10 : km 0.95 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Star Lane
  11. 11 : km 1.23 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto St Peter's Street
  12. 12 : km 1.38 - alt. 5 m - Turn left onto Cutler Street
  13. 13 : km 1.45 - alt. 4 m - Keep right
  14. 14 : km 1.59 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Cecilia Street
  15. 15 : km 1.83 - alt. 2 m - Turn right onto Sedan Walk
  16. 16 : km 1.9 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Princes Street, B1075
  17. 17 : km 1.91 - alt. 3 m - Turn sharp right onto Portman Road
  18. 18 : km 2.15 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Sir Alf Ramsey Way
  19. 19 : km 2.26 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 2.41 - alt. 2 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 2.48 - alt. 2 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 2.5 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 2.61 - alt. 4 m - Turn slight right
  24. 24 : km 2.71 - alt. 3 m - Keep left onto Alderman Road
  25. 25 : km 2.73 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Alderman Road
  26. 26 : km 2.8 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Portman Road
  27. 27 : km 2.81 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Great Gipping Street
  28. 28 : km 2.94 - alt. 3 m - Keep left
  29. 29 : km 2.98 - alt. 6 m - Turn sharp left
  30. 30 : km 3 - alt. 6 m - Turn slight right
  31. 31 : km 3.11 - alt. 10 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 3.14 - alt. 10 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 3.15 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 3.17 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 3.29 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Westgate Street
  36. 36 : km 3.3 - alt. 14 m - Turn sharp right onto Crown Street, A1156
  37. 37 : km 3.32 - alt. 14 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 3.43 - alt. 15 m - Turn slight left onto Crown Street
  39. 39 : km 3.44 - alt. 16 m - Turn sharp right onto High Street
  40. 40 : km 3.64 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Charles Street
  41. 41 : km 3.94 - alt. 18 m - Turn sharp left onto Neale Street
  42. 42 : km 3.97 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Fonnereau Road
  43. 43 : km 4.04 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 4.14 - alt. 19 m - Keep left
  45. 45 : km 4.2 - alt. 21 m - Turn slight right
  46. 46 : km 4.24 - alt. 21 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 4.27 - alt. 23 m - Keep right
  48. 48 : km 4.34 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 4.4 - alt. 27 m - Turn slight left
  50. 50 : km 4.45 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Bolton Lane, B1077
  51. 51 : km 4.49 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Withipoll Street
  52. 52 : km 4.63 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto Christchurch Street
  53. 53 : km 4.91 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Woodbridge Road, A1156
  54. 54 : km 4.95 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Orchard Street
  55. 55 : km 5.07 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 5.1 - alt. 11 m - Turn slight left onto St Helens Street, A1156
  57. S/E : km 5.2 - alt. 11 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 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 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 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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