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Felixstowe lies in a gently curving bay between the estuaries of the rivers Deben and Orwell, its beach a mixture of shingle, pebbles and sand is about 2 miles long.
Felixstowe was the site of a Roman fort which now lies beneath the sea.
Martello Tower on the promenade was built about 1810 as a defence against an invasion by Napoleon.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, founded in the 11th century, was a Benedictine priory of St Felix.
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- Landmark