We are the Ipswich and District Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Richard and Chris
Starting at Bildeston Village Hall, our walk takes us through the village, past the church and along a variety of field paths, tracks and quiet lanes with views across the gently rolling mid-Suffolk countryside to the hamlet of Kettlebaston. From there we head south on a hedge-lined path to Monks Eleigh, through the churchyard and the main part of the village, with its delightful mix of houses. From there we head on a roadside path to Chelsworth with its attractive manor house and church and historic bridge, and then back across the fields to Bildeston.
The paths are fairly clear but the grass has grown quite long on some of them, and can be wet in the mornings or if it has rained. There are very short sections in Monks Eleigh and Chelsworth where there is no footpath along the main road, but the grass verge is wide enough to walk on.
Car park at Chamberlin Hall, Bildeston (parking by kind permission of the committee). Please park at the bottom end of the car park farthest away from the hall. From the B1115 (Bildeston High Street), turn into Wattisham Road, then into Chamberlin Close which leads to Chamberlin Hall.
