Start: Minden Drive bus stop, Leiston. Grid ref. TM 446 620
(S/E) From the bus stop, walk South for a few meters to take Redhouse Lane left on the south side of Leiston. Walk along the lane continuing onto the track marked as Grimseys Lane.
(1) At the end cross the field and emerge onto the Sizewell road at Halfway Cottages.
(2) Turn right and follow the road for 1.3 Km through to Sizewell.
(3) Walk up the coast (North) in front of Sizewell Power Station, past Minsmere.
(4) At the northern edge of the reserve head up the cliff to the coastguard cottages. There is a path that winds its way in front of the cottages and across the heather, following the cliffs. This eventually meets the road.
(5) Cross the road and follow the path that runs alongside the road until it meets the coast path route which crosses the road.
(6) Turn right and head into Greyfriars Wood. Take this through the wood to emerge onto the road into Dunwich.
(7) Turn right and continue straight on as the road bends sharp left, down the track in front of a terrace of cottages.
(8) Before it meets a small bridge, turn left through the woods and follow the Greyfriars perimeter fence around to the cliff edge, keeping to the path until it emerges opposite the Ship Inn.
(9) From there carry straight on. The Leper Chapel is at the end of the road, just behind the church. Opposite the church, just around the corner from the war memorial is a track marked as the Sandlings.
(10) Take this until it passes a farm on the right.
(11) Just before the farmhouse take the track on the left. This eventually crosses the road and meets the Suffolk Coast Path on Dunwich Heath.
(12) As the paths cross, turn right and follow the footpath across the heath. Keep to this, through the woods.
(13) Then walk across the Minsmere road, across a grassed field and then down through more woods where it joins the road.
(14) Turn right and follow the road into Eastbridge.
(15) Continue through Eastbridge and beyond there is a track on the left marked with a Sandlings waymarker.
(16) Take this all the way through until it meets the Sizewell Road.
(17) Keep straight ahead, down the hill.
(18) In the dip is a footpath on the right which leads back into Leiston. Turn right along the footpath.
(19) Then keep to Valley Road through Leiston until it gets to the town centre.
(20) Turn left along High Street and walk through the town back to the start. (S/E)