| Felixstowe Central Docks
Written by Marcus Dawson - 17 Jul 2005
last update by
Marcus Dawson -
12 Oct 2015
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From the A14, Junction 61:
If you are only planning a short visit.. Take the exit towards 'Dock gate No 2/Trinity Business Park' and follow the road round back under the A14 whilst keeping in the left hand lane. After the traffic lights keep right and take the turning to the cafe/petrol station where you can park for a limited time. Then you need to walk..
Continue on foot along Trinity Avenue and at the end of the road uirn right and contunue along Fagbury Road to the end and the Central Terminal is on your left.
For a longer stay it would be better to park on Cordys Lane in Trimley and walk back.
See the TS182 Clickett Hill page for the A14 directions.
There are a couple of lorry parks and car parks off Parker Avenue. Fagbury road has double yellow lines along it. For a longer stay it would be recomended to park at the bottom of Cordys Lane and walk down the public footpath to the location. This would be around a mile to walk. You would also pass Clickets Hill on the walk. Cordys Lane runs past Trimley station, if you continue over the level crossing to the end of the road you will find the parking area and from there follow the 'Blofield Track' to the location.
There are plenty of fish and chip shops on the sea front and a McDonalds drive through is located off the first roundabout into Felixstowe.
There are two vantage points here
The road side - fig 1 >4:
There is a high chain mesh fence here. Wide shots from across the road will avoid this, or steps are required.
From the embankments - Fig 5 > 8:
This location is on the footpath between the docks and Trimley. The walk is described in the
East Suffolk Line Walks page and the walk passes through Clicketts Hill. Just at the end of Fagburys Road there is a gate across the railway lines. Follow this and follow the path (dirt track) up a hill running parallel with the railway line. When you reach open fields the curve is behind a row of hedges. There are a number of gaps in this hedge to get through (there are brambles in places!) and here you will see the curve. Following the path Towards Clicketts Hill there are a number of photographic options available. The grade is quite steep coming out of the docks so a loaded liner will be working quite hard to get it's train moving and climb the grade.
Since the opening of the new North Terminal the gates to the footpath have magnetic locks allowing them to be kept closed, for reasons of safety, during the frequent train movements. This also means that the gates can be locked for a considerable amount of time. People have reported been 'trapped' in the central refuge for over an hour in the past. The footpath is also monitored by the port police using CCTV at the crossing and there is a phone number to call to tell them you are 'trapped', but you may be in for a wait to be released.
