Start: Turban Centre, Woodbridge (IP12 1DE) Grid ref. TM 275 490
This is the official Fynn Valley Walk which is clearly marked throughout.
(S/E) From the Turban Centre, walk along Hambling Road. At the junction with Quayside (B1438), turn left. After 100m or so, turn left along Tide Mill Way to cross the railway lines and head down to the river.
(1) Past The Boathouse Kitchen & Bar, turn left and follow the path downstream.
(2) After a mile the path turns to navigate around Martlesham Creek. Continue around the creek and walk 1.5 Km until the path heads into woods on the far side.
(3) As you enter the woods, turn right just before the path marked as the Sandlings heads up the steep hill. The path continues through the woods and out onto School Lane.
(4) Turn right and proceed down the road to the junction. Turn right and follow the road under the railway and up to a sharp turn to the right.
(5) There is a lane on the left which leads down by the side of the main A12, turn left here and then bear right through a tunnel under the carriageways after 450m.
(6) At the end of the tunnel, continues along the field edge to the left. Waymarkers lead across the fields roughly following the course of the River Fynn through to Little Bealings.
(7) After 2 Km, when you meet the road, turn right and then take the footpath left down by the church which comes out on Sandy Lane. Follow the lane until it turns sharply left and the houses end.
(8) A path leads through some trees and scrub and along field edges to Hill Farm Road in Playford. Follow the road until it meets the main road, turn right and then the next left down Brook Lane.
(9) This leads out across fields, once again following the course of the river. Keep following the waymarkers. There is one point where the official route takes a left turn from the path with no waymarker, this will lead down and across the river.
(10) Cross and follow River Fynn into Tuddenham St Martin. This is very easy to miss and if done so do not worry as the path ahead will lead up to a lane, turn left and follow the lane into the village.
(11) On the left hand side of the bridge in the village the path leads on along the river banks. This leads all the way through to Witnesham, turn right on the main road to once again meet the river and here the official route ends. Continue through Witnesham until you come to Giles Way on the right.
(12) Follow this modern estate road and look out for the footpath signpost on the left before the road bears round to the right. This leads out to a country lane by a cottage.
(13) Cross the lane and another footpath leads along the field edges.
(14) When it meets a larger field, turn left along the field edge then navigate across the field. Despite footpath markers, this is not marked out very well by the farmer and you may well need to just follow the tractor tracks through the crops to the far side where it comes out onto a road.
(15) Turn left and take the footpath on the right a few yards up the road. This follows the field boundaries through a series of long thin meadows, across a lane then across another field into Grundisburgh.
(16) Turn left and follow the road round past the church and pub on your left until it meets a junction.
(17) Continue on along Woodbridge Road until there is a small road on the left.
(18) Go down here and on the right, just past the house a footpath leads out into the fields. Keep following the field edge and turn left with the hedge and down to the stream. Follow the stream through to a road.
(19) Turn right and almost immediately on the left a paved track leads off on the right. Keep a lookout for a gate on the right hedgerow. This leads onto a footpath through fields with horses. There is an electric fence at the far end but it has isolators on the end which allow you to lift it up and pass through. This is a public footpath so these restrictions should not be across the path. Eventually this path comes out onto a road. Continue straight ahead on the road.
(20) Then follow the footpath a hundred yards on the left. This brings you out in Hasketon.
(21) Turn right and follow the road through Hasketon. At the church bear round to the left. Follow the road through until there is a track on the left with a footpath marker.
(22) Take this to the end and keep following the footpath signs through the fields until it meets the A12.
(23) Turn right along Manor road then left around Russel Close to cross over A12 and follow Haugh Lane becoming New Street down into Woodbridge. (S/E)