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9 Haddiscoe 8 If you check by the main road at the end of a terrace of houses on-road bike trail church called Mock Mile Terrace, you'll see a Second World War stainless track steel spigot mortar base encased in a concrete plinth. This would public house enable the infantry to mount a mortar on it to guard the road option/detour from any enemy troops invading from the coast. shop caution needed viewpoint THURLTON 10 Aldeby Railway Station The ticket office still exists as a house, but the approx scale cutting and platforms under the bridge have been 0 1 km filled in next to it and can only be made out to some play area degree on the north side of the bridge. The yard and 0 1 mile the sidings are now a scrap metal yard. The railway ran across Haddiscoe Marshes to a wooden platform known as the Haddiscoe High Level Contains Ordnance Survey data @ Crown copyright and database right 2010 Station that actually passed over the Lowestoft line and was reached from the Low Level Station by a wooden stairway. THORPE ROAD HADDISCOE 9 play area RAVENINGHAM 11 Off-road trailing Take 12 Burgh Marshes If you're feeling adventurous you can cycle care Fine views across Burgh marshes. 7 down to Low Farm along farm tracks and At Hall Farm there is a concrete bunker that housed generators GREEN LANE Raveningham Hall along the bridleway via Low Common Lane during the Second World war. They powered lights placed out back to Burgh Road.Be careful as it is a rough in the marshes that mimicked the lights of an airfield. The site track and can be dangerous in wet conditions. was known as a Starfish Decoy. It worked very effectively and was bombed several times during the war. Not very nice for 10 HADDISCOE ROAD the cows though! Maypole Green 13 St Mary's Church suffered a great fire that burnt off POUND LANE the original thatched roof. Its unusual tower was added in E the 18th century. An old reverend's family name was Boycott, 6 N A L and a famous son became a famous politician whose actions Raveningham Craft Centre 5 N in parliament led to the introduction of 'boycott' into the O M English language. M 4 TOFT MONKS 10 11 O C W O Take care - L busy road 12 BURGH ROAD 11 5 Maypole Green - a lovely old village green Turn WHEATACRE with the village pond nestling in the corner. right A good stop for a drink and a sandwich. 2 Three Gates Wood was created around an here Three Gates 12 Wood old orchard by the Woodland Trust, which is dedicated 3 6 Raveningham Craft Centre to the conservation and promotion of woodland habitat. BURGH ST PETER 13 You can also visit a similar site in Aldeby village that is 2 SH LAN ANE A E / M DLE L Raveningham Hall - an old country estate only a few years old. The adjacent field next has crop marks W ID 7 RECTORY ROAD with gardens open to the public during the spring and worked flint has been found - evidence of prehistoric habitation. 1 and summer. Ring the estate office on 01508 543152 ALDEBY Waveney River Centre to check opening times as they may vary from year to year. 3 Toft Monks Crossing Cottage used to house staithe 8 Thurlton and Haddiscoe Marshes the gatekeeper who manned the railway crossing gates - 1 A fine view taking in the marshes and Fine views of the marshes all along this stretch, and local it has been extended across the old railway line. The Beccles valley of the River Waveney. The river flows from Redgrave footpathswill take you on to the marshes. They may appear to to Great Yarmouth line ran across Aldeby peninsula until 1954. and Lopham Fen (National Nature Reserve), through Diss be vast and empty, but in reality they are teeming with wildlife. You will see several old railway buildings along the trail. and all the way to Breydon Water at Great Yarmouth. The grasslands are full of insects, birds and mammals and the The Waveney got its name from the Anglo-Saxon word dykes are full of rare plants, insects, amphibians, and mammals 4 Toft Monks Church - old village church Waifen which means troubled waters, as they considered such as water voles and otters. with an unusual octagonal tower. the swirling waters at the Breydon end of the Waveney to be dangerous (and they still are!)..