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At the start views of the old windmill and House in the Clouds. 200 m the path passes through a tunnel of trees, a "Holloway". Wowwhat a short walk! Thorpeness Halt opened in 1914 to serve the new visitors to the developing resort. Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Outstanding Landscapes Walk Guide (PDF), Blaxhall and Tunstall Explorer Guide (PDF), Rendlesham Forest and Staverton Outstanding Landscapes Walk Guide (PDF), Sutton and Hollesley Heaths Outstanding Landscapes Walk Guide (PDF), Walberswick Outstanding Landscapes Walk Guide (PDF), Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Sitemap | Built by CAS IT Services, You can often use public transport to arrive at the start of a walk. When you arrive at the main driveway to the golf club and hotel you will see the House in the Clouds in front of you. Explore 28 beautiful walks across Suffolk with the OS Pathfinder Guidebooks, graded by length and ranging from under 3 to 10 miles. Northamptonshire at its best! Lovely paths. Walking on The Suffolk Coast THE WALK 1 Walk north along the road and turn second left onto Uplands Road. After this we had had lunch at the cafe next to the rowing boat lake which was good value. In places itmay be muddy in places in wet weather. There are two gates along the walk and no stiles. The Meare, a man-made lake, is a safe place for children to learn to sail and row. Walk 44: Oxford Circular: A Perch & The Trout sounds like a case for Inspector Morse, Walk 45: Killarney Town Centre: The Key to the Kingdom, Walk 46: Fenny Stratford Circular: Parks, canals & lakes a bit of everything, Walk 48: Chepstow Town Walk: A Christmas stroll, Walk 49: Weymouth Town Walk: Beware the Black Death, Walk 50: Oakham Town Walk: The traditional English town is still alive, Walk 51: Uppingham Town Walk: Back to school, Walk 52: Olney Town Walk: Keep running & tossing as fast as you can, Walk 52: Pontefract Town Walk: The sweet smell of sugar, Walk 53: Newport Pagnell Town Walk: Its as keen as mustard, Walk 54: Seven Sisters & Beachy Head Circular: Watch your step. The best things to do in Aldeburgh, Suffolk | CN Traveller Continue past the Golf Course and then turn right just before Mere Cottage. Each of the following Explorer guides can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF by using the images. After passing through the gap turn right, you will now be on the disused railway line which is now a 'Permissive Pathway' heading away from Aldeburgh. Aldeburgh to Thorpeness Walk Route - gps-routes.co.uk Thorpeness is a beautiful little village with facilities to fit anyone's needs. This 6.5 mile (10.5Km) circular walk takes you to some of the very best coastal scenery in the Suffolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There's also a number of wonderful nature reserves with lots of wildlife. Able to park close to Uplands Rd at the beginning but we may have got lucky. Walk 123: Market Harborough Town Walk: A wander around a lovely little gem. There are no stiles or gates along the route and no livestock. Thorpeness car park. A few birdwatchers were scattered about with expensive-looking telescopes, but otherwise I was alone on the sandy trail. Go straight on through the gate which is ahead of you and marked Aldringham Walks. The path is well marked and gives excellent views of the coast. Although they are called hills, Goose and Kenton hills are more like bumps in the landscape, rising to a massive nine and eleven metres respectively! The trail neared the old whitewashed coastguard cottages on the heath, now a National Trust visitor's centre. Turn left and follow the road as it skirts a lake called The Meare; a short distance later it curves sharply to the left to take a west-northwesterly course for two-thirds of a mile, passing the House in the Clouds' and a golf course on the left. Maybe not, Walk 69: Hellidon Circular: The Peaks of our stunning County, Walk 71: Great Doddington Circular: Pubs & birds. Turn right and follow this road as it heads in a rough northerly direction. Although the beach in the area is shingle, there is a good grassy path that heads from the car parks at Sizewell Gap past the power stations, and it makes for a surprisingly enjoyable stroll, despite the presence of so much raw power nearby. There's no better place to get your Boxing Day fresh air fix than somewhere along the Suffolk coast (weather permitting). Walk 74: Easton on the Hill Circular: Got your passport ready? The House in the Clouds concealed a water tank to serve the resort. Lovely walk we started in the snow saw a rainbow and ended in brilliant sunshine along the coast, nice meal in the dolphin pub. (Image: Archant). The road ended at a T-junction, where a wide road took me past the main entrance to the Sizewell power stations. Why didnt we take any more photos? There are no stiles or gates along the route and no livestock. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Much of the bulk of the stations are hidden by vegetation-covered banks, and the sea is also out of sight behind similar banks. Walk 206: Blisworth & Stoke Bruerne Circular Missing out that awful road! There are two gates along the walk and no stiles. In the winter of 1922, Aldringham Mill was dismantled by Messrs Whitmores, millwrights of Wickham Market & was rebuilt at Thorpeness to supply water to the House in the Clouds, which was then a water tower, The mill was used to supply the House in the clouds until 1940, when an engine was installed to do the job. It was a lovely flat walk, very sheltered and it was surprising to come back into Aldeburgh at the top of the Town Steps because we hadnt noticed any uphill inclines on the walk! Distance: 6.6 miles/10.6 km Walk 1: Londons East End Circular: In search of Jack the Ripper & the Twins!! Starting at Fort Green car park in Aldeburgh, which has public toilets, it takes you past The House in the Clouds, a Martello Tower, and a fabulous scallop sculpture. We walked from The Brudenell to Thorpeness Green so a bit further than the loop suggested and then we walked up past the Golf Club and picked up the path from there. Grid reference: TM452602. TM464560). Getting there: A12 then A1094 to Aldeburgh Continue along this way-marked track with the golf course on your right. 6 miles (9 km) A circular walk from Aldeburgh to Thorpeness, taking in the Suffolk Coast, the wonderful Thorpeness Meare and the North Warren RSPB reserve. 60-mile route from Felixstowe to Lowestoft, exploring all of the beauty and wonder along the glorious Suffolk Coast. !, Walk 116: Welford Reservoir Circular two hidden gems. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime. Promote your accommodation or other business, share your Trail photos and favourite places. Thorpeness Meare from the west in 1920, about 10 years after it was created. Walk 1: Castle Ashby Circular (6.5 miles, 2hrs): A fantastic walk including a stately home, great tea rooms, rivers, wildlife, spooky graveyards & a secret placeshhh! Near the Dower House it became a surfaced road, which passed Sizewell Hall, now a Christian Conference Centre but once the home of the Ogilvie family who built Thorpeness. It's clearly a popular spot. Walk 2: Collingtree Circular: A golf course, open fields, villages, a canal, pocket parks, Walk 3: Braunston Circular: An ancient footpath, a gunpowder plot, a tale of woes, fab jams & marmalades & a canal finish. When the clear path curves to the left, continue straight on until a junction with a track is reached at TM469689. On the way I passed close to the extraordinary House in the Clouds, a house built below a water tank. Today I carried my 30-litre Karrimor rucksack, filled with water, my waterproofs, a couple of books and other odds and ends. During the lunchbreak I had taken off my fleece, but now the skies were clouded over, obscuring the sun and making the stiff breeze a little chillier. Description. The path descends down a sunken track with woodland on the right; after a short distance the path heads up to the right away from the track, and then left to head downhill through the trees. At the end of the path turn right onto the B1353 and walk for about 200 metres and you will see Thorpeness Meare on your right. Walk 144: Grasmere & Rydal Waters & the Coffin Route Circular walk. If you'd like to explore a little further afield, set out on the 6.5 mile Aldeburgh and Thorpeness circular walk or catch a performance at the Snape Maltings, a fifteen-minute drive away. A woman on a horse was waiting by the gate, her dogs playing in the water. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Beautiful trial, mix of beach & countryside, relatively flat for the most part, really enjoyable, perfect family walk. Establishing threshold pace. An easy walk from the car park, along the shingle beach, and onto the clifftop paths. Ise hope so! Continue straight on, heading south along a path that initially runs behind the beach before climbing up onto the low cliffs. Phone: 01394 445225 | Email: schaonb@suffolk.gov.uk. Easy coastal walk. Walk 89: Burton Latimer Circular: Have you had your daily wheat? It was little used, except by golfers, & closed in 1966, For three generations Thorpeness remained mostly in the private ownership of the Ogilvie family, with houses only being sold from the estate to friends as holiday homes. It was here that Thorpeness was conceived. The custom route elevation is created when you use the distance calculator (above) to draw a line. 15. The walks include the countryside, coast, and estuaries of the County. So thats the end of our lovely walk around the fantasy village of Thorpeness. Thorpeness and Sizewell: 85 Reviews, Map - Suffolk, England | AllTrails Customize Map data OpenStreetMap contributors 2 Flat, easy to walk. Walk 137: Moulton Village Walk how beautiful!