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Local ferries in Suffolk

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was started, initially hand-cranked ferry later being replaced by a steam ferry which ran until 1942 after improvements to the harbour made operation of the ferry too difficult. Frank Palmer then restarted the old rowing ferry and was succeeded by Bob Cross and David Church.
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and the ferry was closed to the public during WW2. After the end of the war a daily service was operated until 1974 under contract to RAF Bawdsey and since 1974 it has operated on summer weekends only. The Bawdsey Ferry is mentioned in three
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uses a traditional rowing boat. In 2017 it operated daily from the start of April to the first week of November, other than most of May and October when it ran on weekends only.
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An Act to extend the time for the purchase of Lands for and for the completion of the Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway and for other purposes.
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An Act for the abandonment of the Railways authorised by the Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway Act 1887.
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for passengers with his son Robert (senior). Bawdsey Manor was purchased by the RAF in 1936 to become
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which the family owned until 1931. From 1931 until the start of WW2 Charlie Brinkley then operated a
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Bawdsey Ferry carries foot passengers and bicycles across the mouth of the
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Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1890
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Prior to 1894 the small passenger boats ran ferry trips. In 1894
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Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1890
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Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Until 1885 a rowing ferry was used when a floating bridge
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Explore Walberswick - Ferry sailing times and prices
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Index

Local Ferries in Suffolk
ferry
Suffolk
Eastern England
Essex
Local ferries in Suffolk is located in Suffolk
Harwich Harbour Ferry
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River Deben
Felixstowe Ferry
Bawdsey
Suffolk Coast Path
Regional Cycle Route 41
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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50 & 51 Vict.
Repealed by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
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53 & 54 Vict.
Royal assent
Repealed by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
55 & 56 Vict.
Royal assent

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