Village in Suffolk, England
Shotley
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.
How locals move
Getting around Shotley the local way
- 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.
- Get inWithin the UK, EV2 connects the Port of Holyhead (ferries from Dublin), Bangor, Hay-on-Wye, Bristol, Bath, Reading, London, Harlow, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harwich International Port (ferries from Hook of Holland).
- Get aroundFirst Bus runs two urban bus routes, the most useful of which is route 20 or 20A which run every 30 minutes between Old Harwich and Parkeston International Ferry Terminal and also serves the Parkeston Retail Park.
- Go nextNorth to Felixstowe via harbour foot ferry South to Frinton-on-Sea and Clacton Ipswich West to Colchester
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