Kiddiwalks In Suffolk

Kiddiwalks in Suffolk

Walking is one of Britain s favorite leisure activities, and this guide to Suffolk features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. Featured areall ofthe practical details you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history and wildlife of the area, and clear mapping for ease of use. Every route has been color coded according to difficulty, and annotated with local points of interest and places to stop for refreshments. Each has a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface and access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking, and public toilets."

Suffolk has long been a place of retreat, somewhere to escape to, far removed from everyday life. It may have its busier town centres, but in the main Suffolk remains a rural area of enormous variety, from heather-covered heathland to softly rolling hills, long shingle spits to genteel coastal enclaves and kiss-me-quick seaside resorts. Whether you're looking for a morning hike or an afternoon stroll, Darren Flint and Donald Greig's hand-picked selection of 40 walks is guaranteed to fit the bill - or the boot. Suffolk boasts 5600km of public rights of way: take your pick, put your best foot forward and discover this most gentle of English counties.

Suffolk's riverside meadows of the Stour valley remain as beautiful today as when Constable painted them two centuries ago. Similarly, the county's lonely expanses of estuarine marsh, which are a feature of the coast, have a quality that appeal to writers as well as artists. A walk through Flatford and East Bergholt passes one of Constable's most famous viewpoints, and Flatford Mill itself. There is a choice of coastal walks, including routes through Southwold, Shingle Street, Dingle Marshes, Thorpeness and the Shotley peninsula. With 28 walks through the Suffolk countryside, if you’re a walker who really wants to make the most of the Suffolk countryside, make sure you don’t set off on your walk without a copy of Pathfinder Guide to Suffolk Walks in your rucksack! Pathfinder® Guides are Britain’s best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried and tested by seasoned walkers and accompanied by beautiful photography and clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping. Contents 1. Carlton Marshes & the River Waveney 2. Southwold 3. Darmsden & the Gipping Valley 4. Nowton Park & High Suffolk 5. Stoke-by-Nayland to Polstead 6. Shingle Street & Alderton 7. Pakenham Mills from Ixworth 8. Covehithe & Benacre 9. Cretingham & Brandeston 10. Forest and riverside from West Stow 11. Eye & Braiseworth 12. Framlingham & its countryside 13. Constable Country - Flatford & East Bergholt 14. Long Melford 15. Somerleyton & Waddling Lane 16. West Row & Worlington from Mildenhall 17. Orford coast and country 18. Thorpeness from Leiston 19. Saxmundham, Kelsale and the Gull Stream 20. Lavenham & Brent Eleigh 21. Sudbury 22. Clare & Cavendish 23. Iken & Tunstall Forest 24. Barham, Baylham & Coddenham 25. Kersey & Hadleigh 26. Thorpe Morieux & Preston St Mary 27. Denham Castle and three churches 28. Sutton Hoo, Shottisham & the River Deben

Combining travel writing with a walking guide, Suffolk Coast Walk provides a wonderful insight into this fascinating county and is the companion book to Essex Coast Walk by the same author. Peter Caton explores all 162 miles of Suffolk’s unique coastline, describing the route for fellow walkers, with an engaging narrative that tells of the beauty, history and wildlife of this mysterious and varied coast. The reader is taken up and down Suffolk’s remote creeks and rivers, past sandy beaches and huge expanses of shingle, through nature reserves, seaside resorts and tiny villages. We learn of the county’s abundant wildlife, not just through its famous bird populations but also of equally interesting and less celebrated creatures, and how habitats are managed to balance the needs of nature and mankind. Throughout his journey, Peter uncovers many mysteries and considers the stories behind legends of Anne Boleyn, invading Germans, a half-man half-fish character, UFOs, Crazy Mary and bells tolling beneath the sea. He visits Suffolk’s only island and takes a boat trip to investigate the secret world of Orford Ness. More than 100 colour and black & white photos illustrate the story of the walk and the beauty and atmosphere of county’s remarkable coast. With maps at the start of each chapter, this is a book for those who enjoy a short stroll, a longer ramble or simply wish to follow the coast from the comfort of an armchair.