The River Alde rises around Baddingham, Suffolk [Map] from where it flows past Bruisyard, Suffolk [Map], Rendham, Suffolk [Map], Farnham, Suffolk [Map], Snape Bridge, Suffolk [Map], Iken, Suffolk [Map] to Aldeburgh, Suffolk [Map] where it heads south inside of Orford Ness joining the North Sea seve kilometeres south of Orford, Suffolk [Map].