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Benacre Ness – Kessingland Beach loop from Kessingland

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Benacre Ness – Kessingland Beach loop from Kessingland

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Benacre Ness – Kessingland Beach loop from Kessingland

03:56

15.3km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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11.4 km

Benacre Pillbox

Highlight • Monument

Britain's coastline is scattered with pillboxes, relics of the Second World War. These coastal defences sit squat on beaches and in sand dunes, watching the sea in silence. This one …

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11.9 km

Unstable Cliffs and Alternative Footpath

Highlight • Natural

12.0 km

Benacre Sluice at Benacre National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great place to stop and admire the view up and down the coast, just be careful of the soft sand!

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12.2 km

Sandy Track with Tire Marks

Highlight • Trail

I've assigned this route to mountain biking because of the large sections of track that are currently really sandy. During more clement weather or if your happy to walk these …

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12.2 km

Benacre Ness

Highlight • Viewpoint

Gravel track along the coast to the Denes.

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12.2 km

Kessingland Beach

Highlight (Segment) • Beach

This coast has a wealth of golden sand beaches and Kessingland is no different. You can walk dogs on the beach all year round and the Suffolk Coast Path runs …

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12.9 km

Sailors Home

Highlight • Rest Area

good pub

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13.4 km

Sailors Home Pub, Kessingland

Highlight • Pub

It's a nice little pub, stopped off here when the rain started. Unusually it stocked Belhaven beers which tasted great, they also had hand-drawn barrel beers which I do like to see.

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15.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.41 km

4.53 km

1.60 km

922 m

820 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.94 km

4.16 km

2.65 km

1.78 km

1.50 km

308 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 4 September

21°C

12°C

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Benacre Ness – Kessingland Beach loop from Kessingland

Benacre Pillbox

Unstable Cliffs and Alternative Footpath

Benacre Sluice at Benacre National Nature Reserve

Sandy Track with Tire Marks

Benacre Ness

Kessingland Beach

Sailors Home

Sailors Home Pub, Kessingland

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