Lonely Landguard Point
Our view
From the car park in Manor Terrace you can walk straight into Landguard Reserve, pausing to look at the interpretation board on the way. Take the gravel path ahead of you to climb an embankment. Walk along the top of the bank for about 200yds (183m) then drop down some steps and climb up on the other side to a second embankment with good views of Felixstowe and its beach. The path drops down to a concrete track. After passing an information board, bear left across the grass and shingle towards the beach. Walk right along the beach towards the jetty at Landguard Point. This is Suffolk's southernmost point, a wild and windswept place where fishermen can sometimes be seen casting their rods into the sea. Beneath the groyne there are views of Harwich across the river.
Turn right and walk away from the jetty along a boardwalk beside a fenced-off area, following the fence round to the left past a series of small concrete structures built to defend the coast in World War II. Leave the concrete track to follow a faint grass track on the left to pass by a red house, bear slightly right then left to continue beside another fenced-off area on your left. Behind the fence is the Bird Observatory, where 8,000 birds are trapped, ringed and released each year in an effort to understand migratory patterns and population trends. A board outside the observatory lists recent sightings and describes the annual migrations of birds like wood pigeon who travel south to Africa in winter and brent geese who arrive from Siberia to benefit from the warmer climes that the pigeons are leaving behind. Turn left at the end of the fence to leave the nature reserve through a gate. On your left is Landguard Fort. Walk around the fort to the right and you will come to the John Bradfield viewing area overlooking Felixstowe Docks.
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