Stour and Orwell Walk
A 42-mile long-distance path in Suffolk. The walk begins in Felixstowe, follows the north side of the River Orwell Estuary into Ipswich, and then follows the south side of the estuary to Shotley Gate, where it meets the River Stour Estuary, following its northern shore to finish in Cattawade. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TM 324 363
Distance: 42 miles (67 km)
Time: 16–21 hours
Duration: 2 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
184 Colchester, Harwich and Clacton-on-Sea
197 Ipswich, Felixstowe and Harwich
Summary
The Stour and Orwell Walk is a long-distance footpath which serves as an extension west from Felixstowe to the Suffolk Coast Path. It follows the coast and heaths along the estuaries of the Orwell and the Stour, going around the Shotley peninsula to Cattawade, and provides links with the Essex Way (at Manningtree, across the river) and the Stour Valley Path (East Anglia) at Cattawade.
Places visited on the route from the start at Felixstowe include Trimley Marshes, Sleighton Hill, Stratton Marina, Levington Creek, Orwell Country Park, Pipers Vale, Ipswich, Freston, Woolverstone, Chelmondiston, Shotley Gate, Erwarton Ness, Harkstead, Lower Holbrook, Stutton Ness, and Seafield Bay before finishing at Cattawade.