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Shotley Gate


photo of Shotley Gate
2 Real Ale pubs



Last updated: January 27th 2010

This is one of the most interesting and significant places on the "Shotley Peninsula", and is a significant part of the sprawling Shotley parish.

From Shotley Point, there are superb views across the Orwell and Stour Rivers, to the busy Suffolk port of Felixstowe (the largest container port in the country), and to two Essex ports of Harwich and Parkeston Quay. These are two of the country's busiest ferry and cruise liner ports.

Originally an Anglo Saxon settlement, Shotley Gate saw its first naval battle in AD885, when Alfred, King of Wessex fought off Guthrum the Dane's invading army. This area became known as "bloody point". HMS Ganges was berthed here from 1899, and used as a cadet training ship for the Royal Navy. The training facility, still named HMS Ganges, moved ashore (in 1905) and was then located onto higher ground just behind Shotley Gate. Cadet training ended in 1976 and there is now a small naval museum dedicated to HMS Ganges in Shotley Marina.

Also see the parish website


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Shotley Gate is part of Shotley parish

Population (2007) of Shotley: 2430 (estimated)

Local licensing authority for Shotley Gate is Babergh

All information is presented here in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing.
The addresses of old pubs (numbers and sometimes even street names) may not always coincide with the building's current address (if it's still standing), as street names sometimes change, as do numbering schemes

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