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The Sailors' Path – Aldeburgh loop from Snape

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The Sailors' Path – Aldeburgh loop from Snape

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The Sailors' Path – Aldeburgh loop from Snape

04:36

17.9km

90m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 19, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.09 km

The Sailors' Path

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The Sailors' Path is a historic trail linking Snape Maltings and Aldeburgh on the coast. It heads through marshes, woodlands and wide open spaces, and would've been walked by sailors …

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5.27 km

Sailors' Path

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Aldeburgh end starts rather sandy but this is very quiet compacted gravel track. Watch out for the cows.

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8.38 km

St Peter and St Paul Church

Highlight • Other

The church has beautiful windows and, as a highlight for me, an old sailing ship model

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8.63 km

Aldeburgh

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Lovely seaside town with long shingle beach and a decent high street parallel to the shoreline road.

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8.65 km

Moot Hall

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The Moot Hall is a Grade I-listed Tudor building dating to approximately 1550 that houses the Aldeburgh Museum and is still used for town council meetings.

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8.79 km

Aldeburgh Moot Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

8.98 km

Aldeburgh Moot Hall and War Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Two fab-looking old buildings on the seafront of Aldeburgh, I only walked by and did not stop.

Love seeing these types of structure, not one part of them look straight, a DIY'ers nightmare.

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9.42 km

South Beach, Aldeburgh

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The sand and shingle of South Beach backs on to the pretty seaside town of Aldeburgh.

Along the beach front are a number of quirky historic buildings, including the 400 …

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17.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.59 km

3.71 km

3.19 km

1.99 km

1.30 km

1.08 km

Surfaces

6.40 km

3.69 km

3.68 km

1.97 km

1.63 km

492 m

Elevation

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Thursday 7 May

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The Sailors' Path – Aldeburgh loop from Snape

The Sailors' Path

Sailors' Path

St Peter and St Paul Church

Aldeburgh

Moot Hall

Aldeburgh Moot Hall

Aldeburgh Moot Hall and War Memorial

South Beach, Aldeburgh

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