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ON PAGE 50 a small museum. beachcombing tips and Southwold has helpful Shop in neighbouring but feels lighter. The Amber looks like a brown pebble, Marshes. Unpolished amber Dunwich Forest and Dingle Path, which runs between via the wooded Suffolk Coast historic Dunwich and returns between Walberswick and seekers trek scours the beach coast. This pleasant treasure- as amber along the Suffolk primeval trees washes ashore Fossilised resin from these where Sea is today. the Baltic coniferous forests growing FEATURE metres km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0 there were huge 44 million years ago, PHOEBE TAPLIN CHOSEN BY… 15 u Distance: 7½ miles/12km u miles/12km 7½ Distance: 2 WALBERSWICK SUFFOLK 4

6 coast eroded. Turn L on lane. once a city – submerged as Now a tiny village, it was about history of Dunwich. car park. Pass café and boards row of little shacks, turn R into poppies. Eventually, reaching flowers like yellow horned amber, look out for coastal nearly three miles. Besides 2 1 way to find amber. the high tide line is best R along beach. Walking along sandy path by fence and turn then R, towards dunes. Climb follow path, diagonally L and footbridge over river and Road car park, cross wooden GR ADIENT PROFILE From Walberswick’s Ferry Start Walk with sea on L for ¼ mile/0.4km The Suffolk Coast Path by the River Dunwich. Time: 3½ hours u hours 3½ Time: 8

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PHOEBE TAPLIN PHOEBE PHOTO: 14 Landranger 156 Maps OS Explorer 231; and Halesworth from Lowestoft, Norwich walberswickferry.com) Path and ferry www. (a mile north via Coast neighbouring Southwold (01728 635938). Buses to minibus to Walberswick demand-responsive Accessible Transport runs transportPublic Coastal Dunwich Beach car park toiletsPublic Tearooms in Dunwich Dingle Hill and Flora cafés in Walberswick plus Refreshments and Pubs Nearest town Southwold PLANNING Stiles None can flood after heavy rain shingle is tough. The area paths, but walking on Is it for me? Good level grid ref TM500748 car park, £4, IP18 6TJ, Start/parking Ferry Road ROUTE PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN 16

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EAST ✁ back over to The Pheasant Inn. Hills, before tracks bring you east side of the A return is made down the managed by English Heritage. 13th century royal is to . This following the perfect end to this walk drink in the pub will make the point for a walk, and a meal or Ridge. It makes a great start slopes of the Mid position on the sandstone 1 on lane. Continue to lane end. Pheasant Inn going R downhill metres Exit the car park from Start km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0

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6 through gap and follow path climb steps beyond. Pass down steps, cross bridge and Descend field to bottom. Drop Continue L on Sandstone Trail. and through kissing gate. Castle’. Follow path over field Sandstone Trail for ‘Beeston through kissing gate taking L go half House Barn 2 to pass through gate to lane. Continue on descending track At junction L stay ahead. through felled woodland area. Follow track soon descending Trail for ‘Beeston Castle’. Go ahead taking Sandstone rising in woods to junction. gates. Take the track beyond Pass through smaller of two GR ADIENT PROFILE Go R on the lane. After 1½ mile/2.4km from The Pheasant Inn. Grand Cheshire views 8 Time: 3 hours u 3 hours Time: 10

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STEVE GOODIER STEVE PHOTO: 14 ROUTE Landranger 117 Maps OS Explorer 257; Public Public Beeston Castle Sandstone Café, near ; The Pheasant Inn at Higher Refreshments The Nearest PLANNING Stiles 7 lane walking in places of way accurately. Some required to follow the right not well marked so care is some of field sections are easy to follow route but steep ups and downs. An tracks/paths with some Is it for me? Mostly good Beeston Castle (P&D) at point 3, parking at before setting off. Or, start it’s okay to leave the car grid ref SJ523566. Check Burwardsley), CH3 9PF, The Pheasant Inn (Higher Start/parking Car park at PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN None transport None toilets None 16 town WALK

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DECEMBER 2018 2 1 7 START IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS lfto.com/cwroutes OS MAPS ONLINE: VIEW ON THE WALK straight on byway to reach reach to on byway straight path. waterside onto steps on R and follow water Road Ferry back to path car park. 6

3 4 5 7 miles/11.25km boardwalk L on next Turn

7 ½ mile. Follow Coast Path Path Coast Follow ½ mile. wooden large R. At arrows turn L (leaving footbridge, smaller cross Path), Coast path. bridge and follow and continue R and L at end, R and L at and continue after edge of field. Just around bench, turn R on unmarked near caravans. passing path, and L past steps, L, over Fork R on road Turn allotments. village hall and keep past ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2018 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 007/18 MEDIA SURVEY. ORDNANCE 2018 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN

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SUFFOLK WALBERSWICK 3½ miles/5.75km footpath L down Turn 6 miles/9.5km At mill, turn R over mill, turn R over At Continue to follow Suffolk follow to Continue 5 miles/8km 3 miles/5km After 100m, turn L again After OS Explorer map 231 u at footpath sign. Go up steps, sign. Go up steps, footpath at R and then walk straight, keep of cliff beside Friary along top surviving last out for Look wall. medieval from gravestone under sea. Turn now church R through ruins of Dunwich ruins of Dunwich R through arch out through Greyfriars, on far side, and R again side, on far down lane beyond. lane beyond. down and follow it past cottages, cottages, it past and follow museum. by on road emerging interesting to L on road Turn and R on lane signed church and Southwold. Blythburgh bridleway R again onto Turn (past arrow path with coast and rooms) Dingle Hill tea a mile. for track stony follow 3 4 5 6 Coast Path (yellow arrows on arrows (yellow Path Coast track When blue background). keep Foxburrow, before forks it R, between R and follow open hedges, through and another band countryside R again across Fork of trees. marshes towards heathland path main grassy and follow gate Go through gate. L to R and then path and follow towards L beside river abandoned windmill. footbridge, still beside river. beside river. still footbridge, for and boardwalk path Follow u 15

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DECEMBER 2018 3 4 IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS lfto.com/cwroutes OS MAPS ONLINE: VIEW ON THE WALK ahead as angle eases and gate. through pass to continue farm ahead past Continue buildings picking up surfaced ‘Pheasant sign for Follow lane. two next ahead at Inn’ staying junction next R. At junctions Lane Pennsylvania go R down Inn. Pheasant to 2 5

START 1 3¾ miles/6km lane to Go L following Go R on cobbled track track Go R on cobbled 4½ miles/7.24km

L through woods passing woods L through of tracks. junction Go L to shortly take footpath R up footpath shortly take go half stile, Cross steps. continue to gate kissing by stile Cross up field on path. field on up next continuing taking in trees stile Cross path. Follow half R near fence. path track. to descending path 4 5 passing barrier. Climb track Climb track barrier. passing Continue under bridge. passing ahead staying track following Stay of tracks. crossroad at ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2018 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 007/18 MEDIA SURVEY. ORDNANCE 2018 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN

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CHESHIRE CASTLE BEESTON 2⅓ miles/3.7km Castle Beeston From OS Explorer map 257 u u over field. Pass through kissing through field. Pass over lane. to descending gate Trail) go R (Sandstone Go L to Cottage. Tabernacle facing path rising woodland Take half L near fence. cutting 3 Rise again soon joining wall L. Rise again soon joining wall Sandstone past path Follow Go ahead to lane. R to Café Castle. of Beeston entrance at next junction (signposted (signposted junction next at Shortly, ‘Bunbury’/’Tiverton’). Moss as lane bends L, take lane past Lane R. Follow houses. As lane bends L go footpath (ignore track R down stile Cross gate. reach half R) to ahead over footpath R and take trail. tractor field following R of solitary tree well Keep electric cross to continuing Go point. crossing at fence L of wood ahead keeping stile ponds R. Cross passing fence. electric going L by turn around and re-trace and re-trace turn around lane. down outbound route go to Continue L with lane. facing junction road L at houses. Go L and again arrow and follow stile Cross woods. through L continuing to end to woods at stile by Pass of way right field. The large of field the centre goes over go L along walkers but most R down curve field edge to through field edge and pass lane to bottom at gate kissing lodge. Castle Peckforton facing At Sandstone Café leave leave Café Sandstone At and curve outbound route 16

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