Bixley Heath

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

1.6 km S

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

3.9 km SW

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

5.1 km S

A rare working tide mill on the Deben quay, its wheel still turning to grind wholemeal flour on the tide.

9.6 km NE

A riverside market town above the tidal Deben, its quayside working tide mill, boatyards and Georgian streets making it one of Suffolk's most beguiling.

9.8 km NE · Suffolk

Anglo-Saxon royal ship-burial mounds by the Deben.

10.2 km NE