Harkstead
Harkstead is a village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England.
Harkstead is a village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. The village is located on the northern bank of the River Stour estuary at Holbrook Bay, and is situated on the Shotley peninsula, around 7 miles (11 km) south of Ipswich. It is part of Babergh local government district.
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Worth seeing in and around Harkstead
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.
- 01Woolverstone Hall
Woolverstone Hall is a large country house, now in use as a school and available at times as a function venue, located 5 miles south of the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is set in 80 acres on the banks of the River Orwell.
3.8 km · Grade I listed building in Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Alton Water
Alton Water is a manmade reservoir located on the Shotley peninsula. It is the largest in Suffolk, with a perimeter of over 8 miles.
3.8 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Erwarton 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.
3.4 km · Grade II* listed house in Erwarton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harkstead
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 66 km · London Luton (LTN), 107 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 126 km
- Stations
- Wrabness railway station, 3.3 km
- London, Essex → Harkstead104 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £12–16
- London → Harkstead104 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Harkstead110 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Harkstead
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 Harkstead. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Harkstead
- Chelmondistonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Wrabnessvillage in Essex, England, UK3.4 km
- Stuttonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Holbrookvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK2.5 km
- Erwartonvillage in Suffolk, England2.9 km
- Woolverstonevillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km