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Start: Woodbridge Railway Station (IP12 4AU) Grid ref. TM 274 487
(S) From Woodbridge Railway Station, walk out to the Harbour on River Deben side near The Caravan Café. Turn right as the footpath follows the Sandlings route along the riverside for 3.1 Km, keeping to the path as around Martlesham Creek where it heads South into Sluice Wood.
(1) Continue through Sluice Wood where there is a way marker with four footpaths to choose from - the Sandlings continues straight ahead, there is a footpath to the left around the creek and to the right is The Fynn Valley Way which this walk now follows. Walk right, West, into the woods until the path emerges onto a road (School Lane) at Martlesham.
(2) Turn right along School Lane and walk North-West to the road junction with The Street. Turn right, cross the road and the bridge over River Fynn. After 190m, there is a track between the houses on the left.
(3) Turn left. This leads down to a field which it crosses, then over the railway and across another field to the embankment of the main A12 trunk road.
(4) Follow the embankment left (South-West) down to a tunnel through to the far side.
(5) When you exit the tunnel, turn left and keep to the footpath, ignoring paths left and right, for 2 Km to Little Bealings.
(6) At the road (The Street), turn right, then take the path on the left down by the side of the church and onto a little road (Sandy Lane) with houses alongside. Bear round to the left and follow the footpath through to Playford.
(7) Once on the road at Playford keep bearing round to the left until the road junctions with the main road (Butts Road) through the village.
(8) Turn right, then left down a lane (Brook Lane). This eventually leads onto a footpath that leads across the meadows along the Fynn Valley.
(9) Keep right as the path keeps to the field boundary and is easy to follow for 1.8 Km.
(10) When you reach River Fynn, there is a lack of a way marker to point one down to Rosemary Bridge and an OS map does assist in finding this. If this is missed the path continues onto a lane and out into Tuddenham to meet back with the correct route which follows the river.
Turn right and walk along the riverside until the bridge in Tudden St Martin.
(11) Turn left on the road at Tuddenham to cross the bridge and keep to this, ignoring the route as it twists to the left.
(12) Just past Poplar Farm there is a footpath right across the fields to the Westerfield road (B1077). Take it.
(13) At the road (B1077), turn left and follow the pavement South down into the village, across the railway and after 300m on the second field boundary on the right there is a footpath. Turn right to follow it North-West.
(14) At the end turn left and follow the footpath into the suburbs of Ipswich. This emerges on the busy ring road (A1214).
(15) Turn left, cross the road and to continue turn right down The Avenue. This leads into Christchurch Park. Cross the park with the same bearing South, through to the Mansion and then out onto Soane Street.
(16) Turn right along Soane Street then keep right along A1156 as you reach it.
(17) Then at the junction with Tower Street, turn left down. Keep heading straight ahead until Old Cattle Market Bus Station is reached. (E)
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