Dovercourt

Shingle beaches, reedy estuaries and gorse heaths along a soft, low-lying coast made for gentle walking

2.9 km N

A rambling artillery fort guarding the mouth of the Orwell at Felixstowe, with a nature reserve on the shingle point below.

3.4 km E

A scenic Orwell-side hamlet of Thames barges and mud berths, immortalised by Arthur Ransome, with a waterside pub.

8.6 km NW

A crumbling clay headland at Walton with fossil-stuffed cliffs, sweeping views over the backwaters and a landmark tower behind.

8.9 km S

A slender six-storey Tudor brick folly above the Orwell, arguably the oldest folly in England.

11.6 km NW

The transmitter block at Bawdsey Manor where operational radar was born, now a museum above the Deben mouth.

11.7 km NE