Felixstowe
National Rail | station code FLX
Felixstowe is on the East Suffolk Lines
Known as 'The Garden Resort of East Anglia' due to the extensive seafront gardens, Felixstowe has four miles of sand and shingle beach, a pier and Martello towers along the seafront which were built 200 years ago to repel a Napoleonic invasion.
TI 91 Undercliffe Road West. Tel. 01394 276770.
www.visitfelixstowe.co.uk | www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
Public transport in Suffolk: www.suffolkonboard.com
The busy Port of Felixstowe can be viewed from the Landguard Visitor Centre which
has displays, exhibitions and café. The Nature Reserve is a shingle spit with
unusual and rare plants, migrating birds and military history.
Open Visitor Centre Daily 0900-1800.
Bus
77 from Hamilton Road (walk across car park, through original station building and cross road) to Landguard car park,
13 minutes journey, Daily, hourly.
Operated by First.
On the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667, the fort was
built in the 18th century. Additions were made in later years. Audio tour.
Open Apr-Oct, ThFSSu (Daily in school holidays) 1000-1700.
Websites: www.english-heritage.org.uk |
www.landguard.com
Bus see Landguard Visitor Centre above.
Displays show the local, social and military history. Exhibitions. Tearoom.
Open Easter-Oct, SSu & BH (also Wed Jun-Sep) 1200-1700.
www.felixstowemuseum.org
Bus see Landguard Visitor Centre above.
