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Photo: Draco2008 from UK, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
No bikes or dogs. Take your own food & drink. Note that Orfordness Lighthouse was dismantled in July 2020. Completed in 1792, it was inactive and stood on a fast-eroding shingle spit; it couldn't be relocated or reinforced against the sea. It's hoped to place some of the structure as a memento on firm ground somewhere nearby.
Orford Ness is a cuspate foreland shingle spit on the Suffolk coast in Great Britain, linked to the mainland at Aldeburgh and stretching along the coast to Orford and down to North Weir Point, opposite Shingle Street. It is divided from the mainland by the River Alde, and was formed by longshore drift along the coast. The material of the spit comes from places further north, such as Dunwich. Near the middle point of its length, at the foreland point or "Ness", once stood Orfordness Lighthouse, demolished in summer 2020 owing to the encroaching sea. In the name of the lighthouse, "Orfordness" is written as one word.
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Walking trails, bike paths, picnic area, children's play area.
Parking: off of the B1069 Tunstall to Snape rd. Viking Trail 10-mile red grade mountain bike trail. Forestry harvesting operations take place so check before visiting.