Angles Way - Belton to Oulton Broad

A walk along the Angles Way between Belton and Oulton Broad, crossing the border from Norfolk to Suffolk.

The Angles Way roughly follows the River Waveney down to Oulton Broad from Belton although there are very few locations where the river can be viewed. Most of the route is across fields, along country lanes and through little bits of woodland. It is a pleasant full afternoons walk with a couple of pubs en route for refreshment. The main place of interest is Somerleyton, named after a peace loving Viking, Sumarlithi, who arrived in the 10th century. It is now a sleepy little village, famed for being the home to Christopher Cockerell, the inventor of the hovercraft, but more renowned for its connection with Gradabor, a giant who once ransacked the area. Some say his ghost still returns to re-enact this destruction.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 22.13 km
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    Average duration: 6h 25 
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    Difficulty: Difficult

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    Return to departure point: No
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    Vertical gain: + 45 m
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    Vertical drop: - 42 m

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    Highest point: 27 m
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    Lowest point: 0 m

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Description of the walk

Start: Wild Duck campsite and caravan park entrance (NR31 9NE). Grid ref. TG 477 026

Waymarkers : The Angles Way

(S) From the entrance to the Wild Duck campsite and caravan park walk East. A hundred yards up the road the distinctive Angles Way waymarkers direct you down a track called Sandy Lane South. Continue down here, past Caldecotte Hall until there is a waymarked footpath on the left.

(1) This brings you out on the main A143 where, turning left, there is a couple of hundred yards of road walking before crossing the road and taking a track down to a back-road. Turn left and this comes back out onto the A143 on which you need to remain through Fritton until there is a footpath on the left.

(2) This leads through a wooded area at the end of the lakes and on up to a country lane. Turn left and follow the road until there are woods on the right. A track leads through the woods then crosses a road and onto a farm track.

(3) At the end of this turn right and the track passes Ashby church before meeting another track which, turning right, leads down to the Somerleyton Road. Turn left to continue into Somerleyton and head for the station. Where the road turns back on itself up to a T-junction. Turn right and follow the lane and footpath through the wooded areas all the way through to Oulton village where it comes out by the Church.

(4) Turn right and follow the lane round the back of the houses and over the railway into a housing estate. Keep following the roads through to Oulton broad North railway station. There is no easy way into Lowestoft. This is an urban area and entails much road-walking.

(5) Head left down the A1117 to the roundabout, go straight over, and continue to the next roundabout. Once again go straight over and follow the road into Lowestoft town centre. (E)

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 3 m - Wild Duck campsite and caravan park
  2. 1 : km 2.17 - alt. 16 m - Main A143
  3. 2 : km 4.41 - alt. 15 m - Footpath left
  4. 3 : km 7.54 - alt. 13 m - Right turn - Ashby church
  5. 4 : km 16.62 - alt. 12 m - Church
  6. 5 : km 18.71 - alt. 6 m - A1117
  7. E : km 22.12 - alt. 9 m - Lowestoft town centre

Practical information

Start: Wild Duck campsite and caravan park entrance (NR31 9NE). Grid ref. TG 477 026

Waymarkers : The Angles Way

Accommodation : Wild Duck Camp Site (part of Haven Holidays), Belton

Transport :
First group bus service 1 Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth
First group bus service 7 Great Yarmouth to Belton

Refreshments :
Decoy Tavern, Fritton
Dukes Head, Somerleyton

Find more information and walks at Griffmonsters Great Walks here.

In the nearby area

  • Somerleyton Giant
  • Somerleyton Village
  • St Marys Church, Herringfleet

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