Walks you can reach from Dovercourt by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Dovercourt.
Manningtree Circular via Parish Church of Stratford St Mary (Essex)
15 minutes direct from Dovercourt.
River valley, water meadows, arable fields, light woodland, estuary embankment, quaint villages and Constable-painted landscapes.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can flood after rain.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ipswich to Harwich Town (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.
Time: 5h30–11h
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 Town 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.
Time: 2h–4h
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.