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Bawdsey Beach – Martello Tower, Shingle Street loop from Bawdsey

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Bawdsey Beach – Martello Tower, Shingle Street loop from Bawdsey

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Bawdsey Beach – Martello Tower, Shingle Street loop from Bawdsey

01:49

7.20km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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Start point

Parking

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9 m

Bawdsey Battery and Martello Tower

Highlight • Monument

Not much visible unless you climb the sea wall, which isn't easy in road cleats. Otherwise it's just a car park with a couple of old concrete gun emplacements behind it.

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71 m

East Lane Coastal Path, Bawdsey

Highlight • Trail

116 m

Sea Wall View North Toward Shingle Street

Highlight • Viewpoint

673 m

Martello Tower Path, Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Historical Site

1.14 km

Bawdsey Beach is a long expanse of shingle to the north east of Felixstowe. You can see for miles along the coast as well as have fun inspecting the percolation lakes nestled between the shingle and the land. If you walk northwards alongside the beach, you'll reach a marshland nature reserve.

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2.83 km

Martello Tower, Shingle Street

Highlight • Monument

Martello Tower today hosts luxury accommodation but was once a defensive fort, built during the French Revolutionary Wars era. The British government built around 140 such towers across the British Empire during the early 19th century. It's a conspicuous sight in Shingle Street, a small coastal settlement that's in danger of falling victim of coastal erosion and flooding over the next two decades.

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3.45 km

Shingle Street Shell Line

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Shingle Street Shell line is located on a remote and beautiful section of the Suffolk Coast, not far from Bawdsey. When illness brought two friends together here, they created the line of white Shells stretching out to the sea. It's organic and flowing and feels like it was always part of the landscape

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7.20 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.77 km

1.42 km

539 m

374 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.91 km

1.92 km

374 m

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Monday 18 May

18°C

11°C

99 %

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Bawdsey Beach – Martello Tower, Shingle Street loop from Bawdsey

Bawdsey Battery and Martello Tower

East Lane Coastal Path, Bawdsey

Sea Wall View North Toward Shingle Street

Pathway Beside the Sea

Martello Tower Path, Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Bawdsey Beach

Martello Tower, Shingle Street

Shingle Street Shell Line

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