Martello Tower, Shingle Street – Shingle Street Shell Line loop from Shingle Street

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Martello Tower, Shingle Street – Shingle Street Shell Line loop from Shingle Street

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Martello Tower, Shingle Street – Shingle Street Shell Line loop from Shingle Street

01:30

13.7km

50m

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Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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770 m

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 …

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6.61 km

View of Felixstowe

Highlight • Natural

6.65 km

View of the Suffolk and Essex Coast

Highlight • Beach

Nice glimpse towards the coast from the slightly higher ground of the road.

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8.94 km

Bawdsey Countryside Views

Highlight • Natural

8.96 km

Hall Farm House

Highlight • Other

10.2 km

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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10.2 km

East Lane Coastal Path, Bawdsey

Highlight • Trail

13.6 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 …

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