Orford Castle

Distance: 4km
Ascent: 18m
Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes

Today we headed to the Suffolk Coast to explore the village of Orford and its Norman Castle.

Lovely cottages in Orford.

Down by the harbour.

The tide was our leaving some of the boats stranded on the mud.

Round by the church where we discovered some Norman ruins.

Norman Arch with carvings.

More Norman Arches inside the church.

Orford Church.

Orford Castle.

We headed inside the castle ruins where we could go up to all the floors and even the roof.

The church from the roof of the Castle.

A model showing what the castle would have looked like with the curtain wall.

Back down by the estuary.

Wrecks along the harbour.

Stunningly peaceful down by the water.