Walks you can reach from Beccles by train

Tidal marshes, oak woodland and sandy heaths leading to the National Trust's Sutton Hoo estate above the Deben — the archaeological site of outstanding international importance where the great Anglo-Saxon ship burial was found.

Sutton Hoo

Time: 2h30

Lunch: Pubs on the main road between Melton station and the Bromeswell turning, plus pubs and a shop in Melton village; café and shop at Sutton Hoo.

Warnings: The reed-bed boardwalk is impassable at very high tide (a roadside alternative is provided); cross the road junction with extreme care; beware golf activity crossing Woodbridge Golf Club.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

Lowland heathland, river marshes, estuary walls, reedbeds, poplar rows, quiet lanes, heathland golf course and compact riverside town.

Time: 4h30

Warnings: Café in ticketed area.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

An all-weather route above the Deben flood plain through the picturesque village of Ufford, whose flint-and-stone flushwork church holds finely carved bench ends and a famous telescopic font cover reaching to the roof.

St Mary's Church, Ufford

Ufford

Lunch: Village shop at Campsea Ashe; Station House café at Wickham Market station (note the town and its station are a long way apart).

1 end-of-walk reward: the Dog and Duck

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

The Fynn Valley Walk through some of the most picturesque countryside in East Anglia, with the outstanding view from the National Trust's Kyson Hill near the riverside finish at Woodbridge.

Kyson Hill

Lunch: Pubs along the route at Westerfield, Tuddenham, Martlesham and Woodbridge.

Warnings: At high tide the path along Martlesham Creek may flood at Kyson Point (an alternative via Broom Hill avoids this); beware traffic where the road passes under the railway arch.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

From an isolated rural station, extensive views across quiet, unspoiled working countryside contrast with intimate scenes such as the diminutive parish church at Redisham, evocatively described in Adrian Bell's 'Apple Acre' when decked for the harvest festival.

Redisham Church

Redisham

Time: 3h30

1 lunch spot: the Shadingfield Fox

Warnings: Livestock graze parts of the route — keep dogs under close control; one road section has no footway, so beware traffic.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

A walk of contrasts between ancient and modern Suffolk — a 'Fantastical' modern house topped by a metal dragon set against traditional farmsteads — following part of the former perimeter track of the WW2 airfield that was home to the US fighter group famed as 'Zemke's Wolfpack', whose memorials and museum stand among ancient hedgerows.

Halesworth (Holton) Airfield Memorial Museum

Time: 2h30

End-of-walk reward: No pubs or shops on the route; plenty of choice in Halesworth (seasonal teas at Sunnyside Farm, Westhall, on Thursdays and Fridays in August).

Warnings: Brampton station serves an isolated community with no amenities — the walk is best done north to south, ending at Halesworth.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

Broad valley views above the little River Yox, through the village of Bramfield — whose thatched church has a detached round tower and the best rood screen in Suffolk, with a fine crinkle-crankle wall opposite — then riverside meadows along the Blyth to Halesworth.

St Andrew's Church, Bramfield

Bramfield

Lunch: Darsham Nurseries café near the level crossing at the start.

1 end-of-walk reward: the Cut Arts Centre Café

Warnings: The route crosses a golf course — follow the white marker stakes.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

Field and park paths to the picturesque village of Yoxford — known as 'The Garden of Suffolk' — approached across the pastures of Rookery Park along a line of ancient oaks; the village was once a staging point on the London-to-Yarmouth turnpike.

Yoxford

Lunch: Village shop and the Griffin and King's Head pubs in Yoxford.

1 end-of-walk reward: Darsham Nurseries Café

Warnings: Cross the main roads with extreme caution.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

The longest and most rewarding walk in the series, through isolated, remote countryside, woodland, lush meadows and the light terrain of the Suffolk Sandlings; this option detours to the world-famous Snape Maltings, where the route meets the Sandlings Walk and the Suffolk Coast & Heaths Path.

Snape Maltings

Time: 7h

Lunch: Crown and Golden Key pubs in Snape village.

Warnings: Cross the busy A12 with caution; the valley bottom and one section near the cottage can be waterlogged or flooded in winter.

Walk details: East Suffolk Lines (PDF).

Recommended: Norfolk Coast Path for most of the way.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Time: 8h30–16h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Reverse direction: the Saturday Walkers Club.

A long route with more than half its distance on roads, including a near-three-mile pavement section out of Felixstowe and other mile-plus stretches. Off-road parts cross farmland on gravel tracks. Largely easy-going with no real gradients and but the road walking is tiring in warm weather.

Time: 5h30–10h30

Warnings: After passing under the A14 outside Felixstowe the route across a field is poorly shaped and misleading; follow the A14 direction before turning across the field.

Walk details: Slow Ways.