Walks you can reach from Dovercourt by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Dovercourt.
Manningtree Circular via Flatford (Essex)
15 minutes direct from Dovercourt.
Flatford: Discover the views that John Constable painted in the hamlet of Flatford, set within the Dedham Vale countryside (National Trust; 1h in; 1h to visit).
4 lunch spots: Flatford tearoom (1h in), Dedham Boathouse Restaurant (1h30 in), the Sun Inn (2h in), or the Garden Café (2h15 in)
Source: Trains2Green.
Ipswich to Harwich (Suffolk)
3 minutes direct from Dovercourt.
A pleasant, mainly rural walk on footpaths and farm tracks through farmland, with some stiles and a couple of kissing gates. The approach into Ipswich is along the busy Wherstead Road and which has a pavement but is tedious. A diversion to Pin Mill is highly recommended. St Michael's church near Ipswich high school is open to the public.
Pin Mill: Enjoy a wander around Pin Mill and escape from it all (National Trust).
Lunch: There is also a shop at Chelmondiston.
Warnings: Some stiles and a kissing gate; sheep in fields near the Ipswich high school.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Harwich to Felixstowe (Essex)
3 minutes direct from Dovercourt.
A coastal walk on surfaced paths and promenade and curving round Landguard Fort and through the nature reserve before a long pedestrianised seafront stretch past the pier. Much of the line as drawn from the caravan parks onward is impossible to walk and should be ignored in favour of the prom.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Warnings: The drawn line from the end of the caravan parks is mostly unwalkable; instead turn onto the unmade track and follow the promenade all the way along.
Walk details: Slow Ways.