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Start: Queens Head pub, Earsham (NR35 2TS). Grid ref. TM 322 890
(S) The path leads out of Earsham down the road beside the Queens Head pub. The OS map is incorrect at this point and the official route now crosses the main A143 then continues along Hall Road.
(1) Take the first right turn onto a country lane marked as Bath Hills Road. Keep to this lane which eventually turns to a track and then eventually turns to a footpath as it heads up the hills. Keep to the footpath which leads around the top of the hill through a wooded area, curving gently around to the right and eventually leading back down. A gate leads out onto the meadow. Diagonally cross the meadow and follow the footpath down towards the lakes.
(2) There is a junction of paths here and the Angles Way takes the left fork which is not marked. This path leads past the gatehouse and out onto the road at the chicken roundabout.
(3) Continue straight on at the roundabout and down to the old Ditchingham Maltings, then straight ahead until there is a waymarker on the left pointing across the fields.
(4) The footpath cuts across the first field then follows the hedge by the football club. When the hedge turns, continue diagonally across the next field to the corner of the boundary opposite. Follow this boundary to the right until a waymarker on the left will lead along a footpath to the road.
(5) Turn right on the road and keep to this through to the junction at Wainford. Care should be taken on this road which can be busy and has no pavement. At the junction, cross the road and turn left following the road. When the pavement ends there is a path on the field side of the hedge which will lead to the point where the Angles Way heads up the hill away from the road.
(6) Continue up the road and straight on when it crosses an S-bend on a country lane, keeping to the track beyond the bends. The track junctions with a road, continue straight on along a footpath through to the road.
(7) Turn left and follow the road until it turns a sharp right. Continue straight ahead along a track. The track zig zags by Highfields Farm and then continues across the next field. A waymarker at the end points off to the left where a footpath follows the hedgerow which zigzags along the field boundary down to the road.
(8) Turn right and follow the road through the village. Beyond the church there is a track on the left which leads down to the meadows. When it meets a meadow on the slope of the hill the path becomes a little undefined but head diagonally to the right where the is a stile and a footpath which follows the contour of the bottom of the hill.
(9) This path will meet a track where there is a simple left turn which then continues along the marsh edge. Just beyond this point is a footpath marker pointing across the marshes. This will lead across to the Geldeston Locks Inn which is visible across the marshes. Although this is not part of the Angles Way it is nonetheless a worthy diversion to a hostelry that serves a good range of ales and home cooked food and is the only refreshment point on this section of the Angles Way.
(9) The Angles Way continues along the footpath by the side of the marshes until it crosses a stile and leads past some woodland, following this round and up to a track. Follow the track all the way through to the road near Roos Hall. There is a pavement and then a broad verge into Beccles.
(10) Take the first left, Pudding Moor, and follow this through to the church. There are steps up to the church which is in the centre of town. The Kings Head pub is off to the right when emerging from the church into town. Taking a left at the road will lead down to the old Market Place which is the central location for all buses and continuing onwards down Northgate will eventually lead to Beccles Quay where there is a free car park and the Angles Way continues along the riverside. (E)
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