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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

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

01:18

12.0km

40m

Running

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: February 15, 2026

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Waypoints

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Parking

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820 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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6.66 km

View of Felixstowe

Highlight • Natural

6.70 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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7.11 km

Bawdsey Countryside Views

Highlight • Natural

7.13 km

Hall Farm House

Highlight • Other

8.34 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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8.40 km

East Lane Coastal Path, Bawdsey

Highlight • Trail

11.8 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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12.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.19 km

2.73 km

2.25 km

1.67 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.21 km

3.21 km

2.51 km

2.03 km

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 7 May

17°C

7°C

4 %

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

Martello Tower, Shingle Street

View of Felixstowe

View of the Suffolk and Essex Coast

Bawdsey Countryside Views

Hall Farm House

Bawdsey Battery and Martello Tower

East Lane Coastal Path, Bawdsey

Shingle Street Shell Line

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