Shotley
Shotley is a village and civil parish 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk.
Shotley is a village and civil parish 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Babergh district and gives its name to the Shotley peninsula between the Rivers Stour and Orwell. The parish includes the village of Shotley and the settlements of Shotley Gate and Church End. In 2011 civil parish had a population of 2,342. In reference to the 2021 census, the population of Shotley was 2,259.
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Worth seeing in and around Shotley
5 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.
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- 02Harwich Low Lighthouse
Harwich High and Low Lighthouses are a pair of early 19th-century towers in Harwich, Essex, which were built as leading lights to help guide vessels into the harbour. They replaced an earlier pair of lights established in the seventeenth century when Harwich was a key operational base for the Royal Navy.
3.9 km · lighthouse in Harwich, Tendring, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Shotley 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.
1.9 km · pier in Shotley Gate, Shotley, Babergh, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia - 04Erwarton 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.
1.2 km · Grade II* listed house in Erwarton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Harwich Redoubt
Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich, Essex from Napoleonic invasion. The Harwich Society opens it to the public.
3.9 km · fort built in 1808-10 in Harwich, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shotley
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 70 km · London Luton (LTN), 112 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 130 km
- Stations
- Harwich International railway station, 2.5 km · Harwich Town railway station, 3.6 km · Dovercourt railway station, 3.8 km
- London, Essex → Shotley108 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £12–16
- London → Shotley108 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Shotley115 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shotley
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 Shotley. 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 Shotley
- Harwichtown in Essex, England3.6 km
- Chelmondistonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km
- Erwartonvillage in Suffolk, England1.8 km
- Levingtonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.5 km
- Stratton Hallcivil parish in East Suffolk, Suffolk, England3.9 km
- Shotley Gatesettlement in Suffolk, England1.5 km