Suffolk, England

The view from the beach from Dunwich car park looking South, any walking on the shingle is hard going, but this is the view of the very vulnerable cliffs, above these cliffs is the Greyfriars Priory ruins, just remember that a few hundred years ago a dozen or more churches stood here and out to sea, for this was one of Englands largest towns




Dunwich Village to follow

Dunwich to Walberswick

This is quite a long walk so we have split this in the past

1> Park at Dunwich and do a circular walk around Dingle Marshes

2> Park at Walberswick and do a circular walk around Corporation Marshes

Beware though there is often beach and marsh reparation work ongoing as this part of the beach is very vulnerable

If I concentrate on the Dunwich section first and leave the Walberswick section last

Heading North from the car park the sea wall can often get breached, sometimes it repairs itself with the next storm, sometimes JCB type vehicles need to be in place to do the repairs, I guess that once this land is lost then it will be lost for ever, to the left of the bund is Dingle Marshes a stretch of marsh land that is important to the wildlife of Suffolk

The RSPB own/manage this land and often scarcer birds can be seen within the reedbeds, in the summer months Little Egret are a sure bet! As I write several Shorelarks and Twites have been noted on the beach.

Part of the circular walk photos here:

The Dunwich River flows through Dingle Marshes and discharges itself at the sluice gates at Walberswick, from Dingle Marshes this is the view looking back South towards Sizewell Power Plants, the shingle wall can be seen



We have seen Konik Ponies grazing the Marshes but we have also seen dartmoor Ponies in the area too