of Shotley) was a World War I radio telegraphy station. The Suffolk Historic Environment Record lists more than 200 sites and monuments in Shotley. St Mary's Church Walking Club, Shotley, meets on the second Sunday of every month. HMS Ganges site redevelopment Redevelopment of the former HMS Ganges was first proposed in 2000, with a series of retirement homes planned for the site. The site remains undeveloped and its future is uncertain. The site has had planning permission granted in principle. Notable people Admiral Sir Charles Dare spent his last years in Shotley and died there in 1924. In popular culture The area features in Arthur Ransome's children's novels of the late 1930s We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea and Secret Water. The character Commander Walker is a naval officer stationed at Shotley. Alan Peck's murder mystery of 2007 The Shotley Incident revolves around the former HMS Ganges site and the village and marina feature in the 2011–2012 Strong Winds trilogy of children's books by Julia Jones. Scenes in the 1956 British war film Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst were shot off of Shotley Gate and the 2011 TV series A Farmer's Life for Me hosted by Jimmy Doherty was filmed at Hill House farm in the parish. References External links Shotley Parish Council Shotley Gate Conservation Area Appraisal Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District River Orwell