walks along the Orwell.

[ChattingLil]

Is there a footpath along the river from Pin Mill toward the bridge? Or from Pin Mill the other way towards Shotley? We're going for lunch at the Butt and Oyster later and wanted a walk beforehand.

thanks

 

[MrCramp]

We have moored at Wolverstone many times and walked down the path to Pin Mill which is fine as long as it is not very wet as it does get muddy in places. i don't know if the path extends any further North or South but I think it may go down towards Shotley.

 

[Master_under_Dog]

There is certainly a footpath through the National Trust woods downstream of Pin Mill which comes out at Clamp House, where I learnt to sail 50 years ago. Beyond that I am not sure. The saltings have many creeks and channels which inhibit progress but there may be a path on their southern edge. The ordnance survey map should mark any extant paths.

 

[MoodySabre]

I have messages you a link for OS maps online

 

[Leighb]

You can certainly walk all the way to Shotley along the seawall. A delightful walk we have done a number of times, you can then get a bus back to Chelmondiston if you get the timing right, or do it the other way, bus to Shotley and walk back.

Towards the bridge from Pin Mill is OK as far as Woolverstone, beyond there the proper footpath comes inland towards Freston and the (currently closed) Boot Pub. You can struggle along the foreshore to the Strand, but will run foul of the current owner of what was Deer Park Lodge. In any case it is only possible when the tide suits and even then is pretty dire in places, it is I have to say many years since we all did the walk.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

seconded... the path from Shotley to Pin Mill is lovely.... especially on a crisp morning.... I sometimes run along there... bit muddy in places though, so don't go in your best shoes!

 

[Jan Harber]

My sister and I did the Shotley to Pin Mill walk earlier this month. We left the car in the free car park behind the village shop and PO in Chelmo and caught the bus to Shotley Gate. We were finishing a series of Orwell walks that we'd started in the winter from Trimley.
You can stay on the sea wall all the way but a nice diversion is to go off at the saltings near Crane's Hill on a footpath across a field and then an uphill track to Church End Shotley where there is not only and unexpected vineyard and an interesting church (once you are inside it) with a hammerbeam roof, but a beautifully kept Naval cemetry across the lane from the church and, in the churchyard itself further naval graves including submariners from WW1 and several German sailors.
You can continue via tracks to Charity Farm and Wades Lane towards Shotley Common and then either pick up the footpath on the right back to the seawall at Orwell Cottages or the next footpath on the right at Colton cottage which takes you back to the seawall at Colton Creek, passing a small reservoir on the way.
Here are a couple of pix from our walk:
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[Phoenix of Hamble]

Didn't know about the Naval cemetery.... thanks for that... sounds like its worth a visit

 

[Charlotte Anne]

Jan, you must have walked past our house on Wade's Lane. You can also get to the river from the very bottom of the lane through/around the farmyard that is now 'Orwell view cottages' holiday lets. It is a lovely part of the river to walk partly because not many people seem to come that way. I think that the vines are on their way out and will not be there much longer.

The Naval cemetery is pretty special. The War Graves Commission do a great job. I have to admit I did not even know there were submarines in WW1 until I went there and the number of 'boys' buried there is sobering.

 

[sailorman]

Jan, you must have walked past our house on Wade's Lane. You can also get to the river from the very bottom of the lane through/around the farmyard that is now 'Orwell view cottages' holiday lets. It is a lovely part of the river to walk partly because not many people seem to come that way. I think that the vines are on their way out and will not be there much longer.

The Naval cemetery is pretty special. The War Graves Commission do a great job. I have to admit I did not even know there were submarines in WW1 until I went there and the number of 'boys' buried there is sobering.

Subs used in the Dardanelles & very dangerous it was too, with anti sub nets used to good effect

[The straits were mined by the Turks to prevent Allied ships from penetrating them, but in minor actions, two submarines, one British and one Australian, did succeed in penetrating the minefields. The British one sank an obsolete Turkish pre-dreadnought battleship off the Golden Horn of Istanbul]

 

[Athene V30]

The Naval cemetery is pretty special. .

Following link may be of interest http://www.godfreydykes.info/GANGES_AND_SHOTLEY_NAVAL_BURIAL_GROUND.htm

 

[Jan Harber]

Jan, you must have walked past our house on Wade's Lane.

Whereabouts is your house on Wade's Lane? Shame about the vines, have they been there long and did anyone make any wine?

As you say, this is a lovely and relatively undiscovered corner of the Shotley peninsula. The hamlet of Church End Shotley is on a little hill and there are splendid views downriver from the Naval cemetery and the church.

The website Karousie mentions is very informative about the history of the War Graves and HMS Ganges where those poor young 'boys' were from.