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Walberswick Old Road – Southwold Water Towers loop from Dunwich Forest

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Walberswick Old Road – Southwold Water Towers loop from Dunwich Forest

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Walberswick Old Road – Southwold Water Towers loop from Dunwich Forest

01:00

17.4km

60m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 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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Parking

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19 m

Walberswick Old Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A nice section of single and double track leading from Walberswick to Dunwich Corner

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4.74 km

St Andrew's Church and Ruins, Walberswick

Highlight • Religious Site

St Andrew's is the fourth church to have been built in Walberswick. It is tucked into the south-west corner of the ruins of the third church. Personally I think the church and ruins are best viewed first thing in the morning as the sun rises from the east

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5.75 km

Walberswick Station and Southwold Railway Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A great stretch of gravel from Southwolds Bailey Bridge To Walberswick village centre

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6.30 km

River Blyth Footbridge and Harbour View

Highlight • River

Part of the old Southwold to Halesworth train line. If you follow the line towards Walbeswick you can still see remains of the station platform as the footpath leaves the line of the track.

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6.33 km

Southwold to Walberswick Footbridge (Bailey Bridge)

Highlight • Bridge

You can cross the river Blyth from Southwold to Walberswick over the footbridge. Nice place to watch the sun go down over the marshes.

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7.57 km

Southwold Water Towers

Highlight • Historical Site

Look out for The Old Water Tower – it’s one of the first landmarks you’ll spot as you drive towards Southwold. A Grade II listed building that was constructed in 1886 for the Southwold Water Company, the tank had the capacity to hold 40,000 gallons of water and was wind-powered – an innovative idea in its day. Water from the tower gradually replaced Southwold’s many domestic wells and the communal Town Pump in the Market Place. But The Old Water Tower wasn’t always a place of happy progress; on St Valentine’s Day in 1899 the resident caretaker and engineer, George Neller, was crushed to death when his coat got caught in the pumping mechanism on the third floor. As the town grew and demand for a good domestic water supply increased, a new Art Deco style water tower was built next to the original one in 1937, with a capacity to hold 150,000 gallons of water.
Credit- sosouthwold.co.uk
Photo- Chris Read

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8.22 km

Southwold Market Place and Adnams Brewery

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful, if slightly overrun, historic fishing port and now a chi-chi resort full of second homes. Still very appealing though, with lovely historic streets and buildings, not to mention the Adnams Brewery.

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10.7 km

The Harbour Inn Southwold

Highlight • Restaurant

Didn't stop for food or drink, so can't comment on the pub itself – but amazing to see how high the flood water came in 1953.

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17.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.49 km

5.72 km

2.88 km

272 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.29 km

4.32 km

2.46 km

2.13 km

1.17 km

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 23 August

19°C

9°C

17 %

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Walberswick Old Road – Southwold Water Towers loop from Dunwich Forest

Walberswick Old Road

St Andrew's Church and Ruins, Walberswick

Walberswick Station and Southwold Railway Path

River Blyth Footbridge and Harbour View

Southwold to Walberswick Footbridge (Bailey Bridge)

Southwold Water Towers

Southwold Market Place and Adnams Brewery

The Harbour Inn Southwold

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