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Erwarton

Erwarton or Arwarton is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England.

Erwarton
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The place

Erwarton or Arwarton is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Shop Corner. Located on the Shotley peninsula around 9 miles (14 km) south of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 110, increasing to 126 at the 2011 Census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Erwarton

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Shotley Pier

    Shotley Pier is a disused 540 feet long railway pier in Shotley Gate, Shotley, Suffolk. Built in 1894 by Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol, the structure was used to service a ferry across the River Stour to Harwich, Essex.

    3.1 km · pier in Shotley Gate, Shotley, Babergh, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Michaelstowe Hall

    Michaelstowe Hall is a manor house in the village of Ramsey near Harwich, Essex, England. The present Michaelstowe Hall dates from 1903, but the Michaelstowe Estate has a long and varied history which can readily be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1086.

    3.9 km · Grade II listed English country house in Ramsey and Parkeston, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Erwarton Hall

    Erwarton Hall and Gatehouse stand to the north of the village of Erwarton, on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk, England. Although earlier structures stood on the site, the present hall was rebuilt in around 1575 by Sir Philip Parker.

    700 m · Grade II* listed house in Erwarton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Erwarton

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 69 km · London Luton (LTN), 110 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 129 km
Stations
Harwich International railway station, 2.9 km
  • London, Essex → Erwarton
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £12–16
  • London → Erwarton
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £12–16
  • Luton, Luton → Erwarton
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Erwarton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Erwarton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTo join (): Use and North Circular Road within London Exit London Orbital (/) at Exit (/) at from The Midlands, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Ipswich Follow from London Stansted Airport, Great Dunmow and Braintree The Harwich Harbour Ferry operates between Shotley, Harwich and Felixstowe.
  • Get inThe foot and bicycle ferry operates daily during spring, summer and autumn.
  • Get inFrom , Stena Line operates daytime and overnight ferries from Hook of Holland, near The Hague and Rotterdam.
  • Get inFerries carry motor vehicles across the North Sea, along with cyclists and passengers without vehicles.
  • Get inFrom Felixstowe, use the Harwich Harbour Ferry to cross into Harwich.

From Wikivoyage: Harwich (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    226 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    292 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    417 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    579 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    613 km

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