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FELIXSTOWE, a seaside resort in the Woodbridge parlia mentary division of East Suffolk, England, 841- m. N.E. by E. from London on a branch of the L.N.E.R. from Ipswich. Pop. of urban district (1931) 12,03 7 (which figure is augmented by summer visitors). Felixstowe has a frontage both to the North sea and to the estuary of the Orwell opposite Harwich, with which it is connected by L.N.E.R. ferry and where there is a small dock for yachts and river shipping. The church of St. Peter and St. Paul, mainly Early English, has traces of Norman in the I2th century nave. The sea-wall and promenade, 2 m. long, are laid out with public gardens and pavilions, and there is a promenade pier. Felixstowe has good golf links, and the open tournament of the East of England lawn tennis championship is held here annually. It is the headquarters of the Orwell Corinthian Yacht club, and has connections by steamer with Ipswich (as well as with London, Yarmouth and other coastal resorts in the summer). There is a naval shore wireless station and an R.A.F seaplane station at Felixstowe. Phosphate of lime is dug in the neighbour hood and exported for use as manure. The neighbouring village of Walton is a short distance inland. The vicinity has yielded numerous Roman remains, and there was a Roman fort in the neighbourhood (now destroyed by the sea), forming part of the coast defence of the Litus Saxonicum in the 4th century.

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