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Felixstowe
Felixstowe, bordered on the north by the River Deben and on the south by the River Orwell, is a well loved resort known for its Blue Flag quality sand and shingle beach, long promenade, perfectly kept seafront gardens and seaside attractions.
Felixstowe became a fashionable seaside resort in the 1880s, and has retained many of its attractive Victorian and Edwardian houses and hotels.
The seafront is over four miles long, with a wide promenade that stretches almost the entire length of the beach from Languard Point to Felixstowe
Ferry. Five Martello towers, built to prevent Napoleonic invasion, stand on Felixstowe’s coast.
The front has all attractions of the traditional seaside holiday resort, with old-fashioned beach huts, fish and chip shops, a funfair, amusement
arcade, miniature golf, bowling green, cafés and restaurants, as well Felixstowe leisure centre’s pool, saunas and sunbeds. The art deco style theatre, Spa Pavilion , also on the seafront, stages dance shows, music and musicals, comedy, ballet, children’s shows and hosts the annual Felixstowe Drama Festival May 24-31 (see Suffolk Festivals ). Or you could enjoy a retro night at the
movies at the 1930s Palace Cinema.
Felixstowe’s summer season of events includes a French Market, Historic Vehicle Rally, tennis tournament, Carnival and Fair and Art on the Prom.
Felixstowe is home to the UK’s largest container port, and Europe’s busiest. The viewing area at Landguard on the southern edge of the town offers
great views of container and passenger ships from Felixstowe and Harwich harbours. Next to the view point is the Felixstowe Museum, full of artifacts from
Roman to recent times, and Landguard Fort, a multiperiod military building dating back to the 16th century. The fort’s warren of tunnels and rooms is open for exploration every day throughout summer. Here too, at the mouth of the River Orwell, are the Landguard Bird Observatory and the Landguard
Peninsular nature reserve, a significant site for shore and migrant birds, and rare shingle flowers.
North of the town centre is the fishing village of Old Felixstowe and, at the mouth of the River Deben, the hamlet of Felixstowe Ferry with its gallery, golf course, cottages, boat yard and riverside inns. Here you can explore coastal paths, see the Martello Towers, pick up fresh fish at The Shed fish stall, enjoy excellent fish and chips at the Ferry Café and catch the small ferry
boat across the estuary to Bawdsey.
Accommodation in Felixstowe
Eating Out in Felixstowe
Felixstowe became a fashionable seaside resort in the 1880s, and has retained many of its attractive Victorian and Edwardian houses and hotels.
The seafront is over four miles long, with a wide promenade that stretches almost the entire length of the beach from Languard Point to Felixstowe
Ferry. Five Martello towers, built to prevent Napoleonic invasion, stand on Felixstowe’s coast.
The front has all attractions of the traditional seaside holiday resort, with old-fashioned beach huts, fish and chip shops, a funfair, amusement
arcade, miniature golf, bowling green, cafés and restaurants, as well Felixstowe leisure centre’s pool, saunas and sunbeds. The art deco style theatre, Spa Pavilion , also on the seafront, stages dance shows, music and musicals, comedy, ballet, children’s shows and hosts the annual Felixstowe Drama Festival May 24-31 (see Suffolk Festivals ). Or you could enjoy a retro night at the
movies at the 1930s Palace Cinema.
Felixstowe’s summer season of events includes a French Market, Historic Vehicle Rally, tennis tournament, Carnival and Fair and Art on the Prom.
Felixstowe is home to the UK’s largest container port, and Europe’s busiest. The viewing area at Landguard on the southern edge of the town offers
great views of container and passenger ships from Felixstowe and Harwich harbours. Next to the view point is the Felixstowe Museum, full of artifacts from
Roman to recent times, and Landguard Fort, a multiperiod military building dating back to the 16th century. The fort’s warren of tunnels and rooms is open for exploration every day throughout summer. Here too, at the mouth of the River Orwell, are the Landguard Bird Observatory and the Landguard
Peninsular nature reserve, a significant site for shore and migrant birds, and rare shingle flowers.
North of the town centre is the fishing village of Old Felixstowe and, at the mouth of the River Deben, the hamlet of Felixstowe Ferry with its gallery, golf course, cottages, boat yard and riverside inns. Here you can explore coastal paths, see the Martello Towers, pick up fresh fish at The Shed fish stall, enjoy excellent fish and chips at the Ferry Café and catch the small ferry
boat across the estuary to Bawdsey.
Accommodation in Felixstowe
Eating Out in Felixstowe