Felixstowe South

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

2.3 km SW

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

6.4 km NE

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

10 km NW

A remote row of coastguard cottages on a mile of lonely shingle at the mouth of the Ore, known for seals and a shell line.

12.5 km NE

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

12.7 km S

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

13.3 km NW