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Start: The Black Tiles pub (IP12 4SP) Grid ref. TM 243 463
The route is marked out with the distinctive Sandlings waymarkers that are conveniently placed throughout the distance.
(S) A public footpath enters the woodland opposite the Black Tiles pub, adjacent to the bus stop. Keep to this path through the wood and across the subsequent heath until it meets the Sandlings path by the perimeter of the Tesco superstore.
(1) Turn right and follow the path South-West which soon leads through an underpass to a junction with a paved path on the other side.
(2) Turn right and follow the path, then the road, past the Suffolk Constabulary headquarters.
(3) Before the road junctions with the Woodbridge Road, turn left on a track through the woods. Keep to this track and where it meets a school turn left and follow the route past the Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum.
(4) Just past the museum bear round to the right and through more woodland to the road at Dobbs Corner. Cross directly over the road and the path continues past Dobbs' Grave then leads out across some playing fields and continues along the grassed area to Bell Lane.
(5) Cross straight over. There is an alternative Sandlings route on the left which will end up at Bixley Heath. Ignore this and continue straight ahead. The path is now a typical footpath through more wooded areas which soon emerges onto Rushmere Heath where there is a Sandlings sculpture.
(6) At this point there are two possible choices. Either continue straight ahead which will emerge onto Heath Road opposite the hospital or take the path that diverges off to the right that leads to Woodbridge Road.
(7) Continue left along Woodbridge Road, straight over at the roundabout and just beyond, on the left, is a walkway that leads through to the Hospital. (E)
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