The Suffolk coast has a varied landscape including old-fashioned seaside towns, unspoilt fishing villages & rolling farml&. Its 40 miles of Heritage Coast are almost all in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The increasingly fashionable resort of Aldeburgh combines fine restaurants & art galleries against a backdrop of a strong musical tradition, with Benjamin Britten's world-renowned Aldeburgh Festival of Music & the Arts. Not far away is the RSPB nature reserve at Minsmere. Felixstowe retains much of its charm as a seaside destination, while Framlington, dominated by its remarkable Norman castle, was recently voted the number one place to live in the country by Country Life. Local photographer Jon Gibbs captures the magic of this remarkable stretch of coastline with his evocative images with accompanying text. ...

Guide to 3 long-distance walks, 40 to 60 miles long, in Suffolk: the Suffolk Coast & Heaths Path (Lowestoft to Felixstowe); the Sandlings Walk (Ipswich to Southwold) & the Stour & Orwell Walk (Felixstowe to Cattawade). Easy walking, covering the whole of the Suffolk Heritage Coast, largely in an AONB. ...

The three long-distance walks described in this book
- the Suffolk Coast Path, the Stour & Orwell Walk & the Sandlings Walk
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Combining travel writing with a walking guide, Suffolk Coast Walk provides a wonderful insight into this fascinating county & is the companion book to Essex Coast Walk by the same author. Peter Caton explores all 162 miles of Suffolk`s unique coastline, describing the route for fellow walkers, with an engaging narrative that tells of the beauty, history & wildlife of this mysterious & varied coast. The reader is taken up & down Suffolk`s remote creeks & rivers, past sandy beaches & huge expanses of shingle, through nature reserves, seaside resorts & tiny villages. We learn of the county`s abundant wildlife, not just through its famous bird populations but also of equally interesting & less celebrated creatures, & how habitats are managed to balance the needs of nature & mankind. Throughout his journey, Peter uncovers many mysteries & considers the stories behind legends of Anne Boleyn, invading Germans, a half-man half-fish character, UFOs, Crazy Mary & bells tolling beneath the sea. He visits Suffolk`s only island & takes a boat trip to investigate the secret world of Orford Ness. More than 100 colour & black & white photos illustrate the story of the walk & the beauty & atmosphere of county`s remarkable coast. With maps at the start of each chapter, this is a book for those who enjoy a short stroll, a longer ramble or simply wish to follow the coast from the comfort of an armchair. ...

Suffolk Cycling Country Lanes Map at 1:126, 720 (1” to 2 miles) from Goldeneye in their series covering popular regions of England & Wales on waterproof & tear-resistant, double-sided cycling maps designed to highlight a selection of recommended cycle routes on country lanes & off-road. An overprint highlights the Sustrans National Cycle Network & regional routes, 17 cycling circuits recommended by the publishers, & 6 traffic-free family routes. The routes are listed in an information panel with distances & brief descriptions. Also listed are local cycle hire facilities. The map shows camping & caravan sites, youth hostels, & numerous other places of interest. Unlike most other titles in this series, this map has no index. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. Maps in the Goldeneye Cycling Country Lanes series use altitude colouring to show the topography, with spot heights & plenty of names of geographical features such as moors, hills, etc. Road network

Includes:: local country tracks & railway lines are shown with stations. All the maps highlight recommended cycle routes but, as series is currently being revised, presentation and/or classification of the routes varies
- please refer to the individual descriptions. Symbols highlight locations of various facilities, such as campsites or caravan parks, & a wide selection of places of interest. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps are indexed & have no GPS coordinates.


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Suffolk County Street Atlas from Philip`s in an A4 spiral bound edition, with more mapping of selected areas, including: Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Ipswich, Lowestoft, & Newmarket. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. Mapping shows street names clearly, with major roads highlighted with bold colouring; also displayed are postcode boundaries, car parks, railway & bus stations, post offices, schools, colleges, hospitals, police & fire stations, places of worship, leisure centres, footpaths & bridleways, camping & caravan sites, golf courses, & many other places of interest. The atlas index lists street names & postcodes, plus schools, hospitals, railway stations, shopping centres & other facilities. ...

Suffolk represents quintessential East Anglia, a region that has locally distinctive architectural styles, regional accents, scenery, culture & climate. The county, which is low-lying but by no means flat, has some of its best scenery along the coast: a soft, dreamy landscape of river estuaries, remote marshes, reed-beds, beaches, shingle banks, sand spits & dunes. Elsewhere in the county can be found undulating farml&, sandy heaths, shady river banks & extensive forests. The area also has much appeal to visitors for its manmade heritage: the distinctive rural architecture of the Stour Valley (with its Constable painting associations) on the Suffolk-Essex border, the ancient town of Bury St Edmunds, the great country houses with their estates, ancient thatched churches hidden away from view & unspoiled market towns. Suffolk is also well known for its Anglo-Saxon heritage
- the royal ceremonial burial site at Sutton Hoo & the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village at West Stow.
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Suffolk in the Pathfinder Guides series, produced in association with Ordnance Survey & published by Crimson; comprising a range of walking guides to popular British destinations. Each Pathfinder guide

Includes:: 28 varied walks ranging from easy strolls to exhilarating hikes & is accompanied by 1:25, 000 Ordnance Survey mapping with marked, colour-coded routes. Introductory sections profile the county or region covered, with recommendations on the best time to visit & a brief explanation of GPS. An

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Suffolk's riverside meadows of the Stour valley remain as beautiful today as when Constable painted them two centuries ago. Similarly, the county's lonely expanses of estuarine marsh, which are a feature of the coast, have a quality that appeal to writers as well as artists. A walk through Flatford & East Bergholt passes one of Constable's most famous viewpoints, & Flatford Mill itself. There is a choice of coastal walks, including routes through Southwold, Shingle Street, Dingle Marshes, Thorpeness & the Shotley peninsula. With 28 walks through the Suffolk countryside, if you're a walker who really wants to make the most of the Suffolk countryside, make sure you don't set off on your walk without a copy of Pathfinder Guide to Suffolk Walks in your rucksack! Pathfinder (R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried & tested by seasoned walkers & accompanied by beautiful photography & clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping. ...

Suffolk, with its glorious coastline, charming villages & medieval towns, is a walker`s delight. The twenty circular walks in this book vary in length from 3 to 6 miles & are enjoyable all year round. The author has divided the routes into seasons to show each at its very best. In spring, the fen meadows & ancient woodland near Agner Fen & Sutton Hoo are a sea of bluebells. On a fine day in summer the River Deben & Minsmere are alive with birds & butterflies. Autumn brings colour to the woods near Hintlesham & the rolling parkland around Ickworth House. The coastal lagoon of Brenacre Broad & the gallops of Newmarket provide good winter walking. The countryside covered is infinitely varied & often spectacular. All the walks include details of:* How to get to the start * Where to park* Numbered route map & directions* Distance & terrain* Recommended local pubs & cafes * Points of interest along the way ...