Belstead To Wherstead

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.23 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 30 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 37 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 41 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 1 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ipswich 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.048482° / E 1.15284°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 12 m - Start on Ashley Street
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Shelley Street
  3. 3 : km 0.06 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Bradley Street
  4. 4 : km 0.12 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Hartley Street
  5. 5 : km 0.17 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Station Street
  6. 6 : km 0.19 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Webb Street
  7. 7 : km 0.24 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Croft Street
  8. 8 : km 0.35 - alt. 5 m - Turn right onto Wherstead Road
  9. 9 : km 0.44 - alt. 6 m - Turn slight left onto Sinclair Drive
  10. 10 : km 0.5 - alt. 6 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 0.58 - alt. 5 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 0.59 - alt. 5 m - Turn right onto Wherstead Road, A137
  13. 13 : km 1.58 - alt. 4 m - Keep right onto A137
  14. 14 : km 1.63 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Wherstead Road, A137
  15. 15 : km 1.73 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 1.91 - alt. 3 m - Turn slight left onto Corporation Avenue
  17. 17 : km 2.8 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Stoke Park Drive
  18. 18 : km 2.88 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 3.23 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Stoke Park Drive
  20. 20 : km 3.31 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Corporation Avenue
  21. 21 : km 3.78 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Stoke Park Drive
  22. 22 : km 3.86 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 4.31 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Stoke Park Drive
  24. 24 : km 4.45 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Winchester Way
  25. 25 : km 4.5 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Stoke Park Drive
  26. 26 : km 4.85 - alt. 9 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 5.05 - alt. 2 m - Turn left onto Bobbits Lane
  28. 28 : km 5.09 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 5.1 - alt. 3 m - Turn sharp right
  30. 30 : km 5.12 - alt. 3 m - Turn sharp right
  31. 31 : km 5.7 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp left
  32. 32 : km 6.82 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto A137
  33. 33 : km 6.91 - alt. 39 m - Keep left onto A137
  34. 34 : km 6.95 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left onto A137
  35. 35 : km 6.95 - alt. 38 m - Keep right onto A137
  36. 36 : km 7.11 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight right onto A137
  37. 37 : km 7.23 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 8.35 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto The Strand
  39. 39 : km 8.37 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 8.48 - alt. 3 m - Turn slight right onto Wherstead Road, A137
  41. 41 : km 8.59 - alt. 4 m - Keep left onto Wherstead Road, A137
  42. 42 : km 8.59 - alt. 4 m - Turn slight left onto Wherstead Road, A137
  43. 43 : km 8.6 - alt. 4 m - Keep right onto A137
  44. 44 : km 8.64 - alt. 4 m - Turn slight right onto Wherstead Road, A137
  45. 45 : km 9.6 - alt. 5 m - Keep left
  46. 46 : km 9.72 - alt. 6 m - Turn right onto Sinclair Drive
  47. 47 : km 9.78 - alt. 6 m - Turn slight right onto Wherstead Road
  48. 48 : km 9.87 - alt. 5 m - Turn left onto Croft Street
  49. 49 : km 9.98 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Webb Street
  50. 50 : km 10.04 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Station Street
  51. 51 : km 10.05 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 10.1 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Bradley Street
  53. 53 : km 10.16 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Shelley Street
  54. 54 : km 10.22 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Ashley Street
  55. S/E : km 10.23 - alt. 12 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Wherstead Woodlands

Walker
↔7.58 km ↗+34 m ↘-40 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wherstead (Suffolk)

On the ‘Wherstead Woodlands’ walk, you can see more ancient woodland, the Stalls Valley, farmland and the villages of Wherstead and Freston.

Walking Into the Valley of Wherstead

Walker
Into the Valley of Wherstead
↔5.62 km ↗+43 m ↘-49 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wherstead (Suffolk)

The historic villages of Wherstead and Freston are great for exploring the unique farmed and estuary landscapes of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. The walks take in Freston Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Walking Foxhall and Brookhill Wood

Walker
Foxhall and Brookhill Wood
↔4.80 km ↗+12 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Foxhall (Suffolk)

Short circular walk around heaths and woodlands of Foxhall, Ipswich. A pleasant stroll around the heaths and woodlands around Foxhall, to the east of Ipswich. The walk is short but nonetheless a pleasant way to while a way an hour or two. Natural woodland, babbling stream and if you look very carefully you may even see what remains of Foxhalls All Saints Church

Walking Erwarton, Church End & River Orwell from Pin Mill

Walker
↔12.91 km ↗+40 m ↘-39 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Chelmondiston (Suffolk)

This circular walk through the countryside of Suffolk includes a section alongside the River Orwell. The route takes you inland passing Erwarton Hall and the fine church at Church End to the banks of the Orwell from where you can see Felixstowe Docks. The walk then heads north along the Orwell following the Stout and Orwell Walk.

Walking Wildlife and Wonder

Walker
↔4.85 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

This walk gives fantastic views over Alton Water Park. The longer walk leads you to Holbrook Creek and passes through the pretty village of Stutton. A shorter walk visits a nature reserve and the Tattingstone Clifton Wonder, a building designed to deceive!

Walking Across the Dam and Up the Creek

Walker
↔7.76 km ↗+24 m ↘-24 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

This walk gives fantastic views over Alton Water Park. The longer walk leads you to Holbrook Creek and passes through the pretty village of Stutton. A shorter walk visits a nature reserve and the Tattingstone Clifton Wonder, a building designed to deceive!

Walking Alton Water Reservoir

Walker
Alton Water Reservoir
↔12.30 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

Located on the Shotley peninsular, the Alton Water Reservoir provides an easy walk around its water. A self contained circular route that needs little in the way of maps. Just keep the water on your right and keep walking! The mixed variety of landscapes of open meadow, woods and even the hills on the northern side of the reservoir provide a constant changing scenery throughout the walk. In all this is a great walk with some pleasing panoramas and ever changing views of the reservoir.

Walking The Sandlings - Martlesham to Rushmere Heath

Walker
The Sandlings - Martlesham to Rushmere Heath
↔7.74 km ↗+13 m ↘-9 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Martlesham (Suffolk)

A walk across heathland from Martlesham to Rushmere Heath on the eastern fringes of Ipswich
Like most modern towns, Ipswich is suffering from a seemingly endless amount of urban sprawl that envelops the traditional villages that once surrounded it. However, this walk follows heathland that is hidden behind the housing estates all the way from Martlesham through to Rushmere Heath and Ipswich Hospital.

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