Felixstowe Ferry

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Felixstowe Ferry
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Felixstowe Ferry village sign
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Felixstowe Ferry
Location within Suffolk
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Suffolk
51°59′20″N1°23′24″E / 51.989°N 1.39°E / 51.989; 1.39 Coordinates: 51°59′20″N1°23′24″E / 51.989°N 1.39°E / 51.989; 1.39
A Martello Tower and the River Deben at Felixstowe Ferry in June 2019 Cmglee Felixstowe Ferry promontory.jpg
A Martello Tower and the River Deben at Felixstowe Ferry in June 2019

Felixstowe Ferry is a hamlet in Suffolk, England, approximately two miles northeast of Felixstowe at the mouth of the River Deben with a ferry to the Bawdsey peninsula.

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Two Martello towers dominate the sea front.

The Felixstowe Ferry Millennium Green Trust was set up in 2001 to save an area of land from building development and put it to use as a community open space for recreational use. [1] [2] The land became known as the Millennium Green.

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