Visit Erwarton Places

Welcome to Visit Erwarton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Erwarton

  

Erwarton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Erwarton

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Erwarton history

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Between 1906 and 1918 the area saw the last outbreak of plague in England. This happened on the Shotley peninsular and in Trimley, now part of Felixstowe. 22 people were affected, 6 recovered, the rest died.

You can visit Erwarton places with Walkfo Erwarton to hear history at Erwarton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Erwarton has 18 places to visit in our interactive Erwarton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Erwarton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Erwarton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Erwarton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Erwarton places in an interactive Erwarton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Erwarton Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Erwarton historic spots	Erwarton tourist destinations	Erwarton plaques	Erwarton geographic features
Walkfo Erwarton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Erwarton

  

Best Erwarton places to visit

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Erwarton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Erwarton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Erwarton’s information audio spots:

HMS Ganges (shore establishment) HMS Ganges was established as a boys’ training establishment in 1865. She was based in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976.

RNTE Shotley Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley, known in the Royal Navy as HMS Ganges, was a naval training establishment at Shotley in Suffolk. Starting in 1905, it trained boys for naval service until 1973 (The school-leaving age was raised to 16 so ended the recruitment of 15-year-old boy sailors). In September 1973, HMS. Ganges admitted adult entrants to the. Royal Navy who only underwent 6 weeks training (6-week wonders)

Shotley Battery Shotley Battery was built in 1865 on the Shotley Peninsula to guard the port of Felixstowe. It was built within HMS Ganges Naval Training school, on the same site as existing Martello Tower.

Harwich International Port Harwich International Port is a North Sea seaport in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports. It lies on the south bank of the River Stour one mile upstream from Harwich, opposite the Port of Felixstowe.

HMS Badger (shore establishment) HMS Badger was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy on the east coast of the United Kingdom. She was commissioned on 13 September 1939 was the flagship of the headquarters of the Flag Officer in Charge, Harwich. The bunker lies under Hamilton House, now Harwich International Port, a few miles west of Harwich.

Parkeston, Essex Parkeston is situated on the south bank of the River Stour about one mile (1.6 km) up-river from Harwich. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 932.

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