Shotley Gate
Shotley Gate is a settlement in the civil parish of Shotley, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.
Shotley Gate is a settlement in the civil parish of Shotley, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located at the tip of Shotley Peninsula and is the largest settlement in the parish of Shotley, in 2020 it had an estimated population of 1461. Shotley Gate has a pub called the Bristol Arms the settlement of Shotley Gate developed either side of Bristol Hill.
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Worth seeing in and around Shotley Gate
6 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.
2.2 km · lighthouse in Harwich, Tendring, Essex, England, UK · 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.
2.7 km · Grade II* listed house in Erwarton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Harwich Foreshore
Harwich Foreshore is a 10.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harwich in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
2.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, 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.
2.2 km · fort built in 1808-10 in Harwich, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Shotley 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.
500 m · pier in Shotley Gate, Shotley, Babergh, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shotley Gate
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 71 km · London Luton (LTN), 113 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 131 km
- Stations
- Port of Felixstowe, 2.9 km · Harwich International railway station, 1.5 km · Dovercourt railway station, 2.3 km · Harwich Town railway station, 2 km · Beacon Hill Battery, 2.6 km
- London, Essex → Shotley Gate108 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £12–16
- London → Shotley Gate108 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Shotley Gate116 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £15–21
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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 Gate. 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 Gate
- Harwichtown in Essex, England2 km
- Dovercourtseaside town in Essex, England3 km
- Erwartonvillage in Suffolk, England3 km
- Shotleyvillage and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England1.7 km
- Parkestonvillage in Essex, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Shop Cornerhamlet in Suffolk, England, UK3.7 km