Cycling in East Anglia

Illustrated cycling guide to East Anglia: Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire - 21 handpicked routes aimed at keen cyclists and families alike, including places such as Sandringham, Wells, Holkham, Norwich, the Norfolk Broads, Bungay, Thetford Forest, Ixworth, Diss, Southwold, Walberswick, Orford, Sutton Hoo, Ely, Newmarket and Graffham Water.

Sommario

INTRODUCTION

CYCLING: THE ESSENTIALS

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

SANDRINGHAM LOOP

Start/end: Sandringham Distance: 17.8km Time: 1–1½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Historic Royal Sandringham Estate and Castle Rising, churches, woodlands and picturesque villages

GREAT BIRCHAM LOOP

Start/end: Great Bircham Distance: 32.9km Time: 3hrs

Dfficulty: 1 Highlights: Rolling country lanes, through pretty villages and arable farmland; past Bircham Windmill, Houghton Hall and Deer Park

WELLS AND HOLKHAM LOOP

Start/end: Wells-next-the-Sea Distance: 28.9km Time: 2hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Holkham Nature Reserve, AONB coastal dunes and wildfowl nature reserve; off-road trails and historic country estate, Holkham Hall; detour to site of Warham, Iron Age fort; Wellsnext-the-Sea, resort and sandy beach on Holkham Bay

CLEY LOOP

Start/end: Cley Marshes Nature Reserve Distance: 26.3km Time: 2½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Cley coastal marshes and heath, Letheringsett Watermill, Holt Country Park and passing near to

the North Norfolk Railway at High Kelling

NORTHERN BROADS:

HICKLING TO HORSEY LOOP

Start/end: Hickling Broad Visitor Centre Distance: 32.9km Time: 3½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Hickling Broads Nature Reserve, Horsey coastal sand dunes and seal colony, Horsey Windpump, a huge Tudor barn and a rare medieval church

MARRIOTT'S WAY

Start/end: Norwich/Aylsham Distance: 30.8km Time: 3hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Along the peaceful Wensum Valley, following the route of the former railway line from Norwich to

Aylsham, dotted with Victorian steam memorabilia

REEDHAM BROADS LOOP

Start/end: Reedham Ferry Distance: 38.4km Time: 4hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Farmland, marshes and villages of the lower Yare Valley, historic churches and riverside Reedham

overlooking the Broads

SOUTHERN BROADS LOOP

Start/end: Reedham Ferry Distance: 34.7km Time: 4hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Peaceful Broads waterways and farmland, historic churches, windmills and stately gardens

BUNGAY SAINTS TRAIL

Start/end: Bungay Distance: 32.5km Time: 3½hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Bungay, ancient market town; historical churches in isolated hamlets and a World War II aviation museum

THETFORD FOREST

Start/end: High Lodge, Thetford Forest Distance: 16.6km Time: 2hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Forestry woodland; off-road cycling trails over level or gently rolling terrain; multi-activity centre,

from high-wire adventure to climbing walls and more

IXWORTH MILLERS' TRAIL

Start/end: Ixworth Distance: 23.9km Time: 2½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Historic windmills, a watermill, an Elizabethan manor and vineyard, and a wetland nature reserve

EYE TO DEBENHAM LOOP

Start/end: Eye Distance: 34.4km Time: 3½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Historic market town Eye, chic Debenham, Wetheringsett vintage railway and mid-Suffolk's rolling golden meadows

WALBERSWICK TO SOUTHWOLD LOOP

Start/end: Walberswick Distance: 31.3km Time: 3½hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Walberswick and Southwold, traditional seaside resorts; heath and countryside, picturesque villages and a historic windmill

ORFORD LOOP

Start/end: Orford Distance: 33.9km Time: 3½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Historic Orford, arty Snape Maltings, a medieval church and a watermill, plus an optional red-graded MTB forest trail

SUTTON HOO AND RENDLESHAM FOREST LOOP

Start/end: Sutton Hoo Distance: 35.2km Time: 4hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Anglo-Saxon treasures at Sutton Hoo, Shingle Street beach, mountain biking in Rendlesham Forest

LAVENHAM LOOP

Start/end: Market Square, Lavenham Distance: 20.7km Time: 2½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Lavenham, one of the best preserved medieval towns in East Anglia; sleepy villages and rolling

agricultural countryside

MOULTON LOOP

Start/end: Moulton Distance: 13.1km Time: 1½ hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Rolling meadows and woods, Fen villages, a stud farm, a medieval bridge and three great country pubs

NEWMARKET JOCKEYS' TRAIL

Start/end: Moulton Distance: 45.7km Time: 4½hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Sleepy villages, rolling meadows, pristine stud farms, and Newmarket – world capital of horse racing

CAMBRIDGE TO ELY

Start/end: Cambridge–Ely Distance: 39.1km Time: 4hrs

Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Historic Cambridge University colleges, Anglesey Abbey, Ely Cathedral, Cam riverside path and Wicken Fen

HOUGHTON MILL LOOP

Start/end: Houghton MIll Distance: 28.3km Time: 3hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Historic Houghton watermill, riverside villages, and the Busway–Cycleway eco-route through Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB Nature Reserve

GRAFHAM WATER LOOP

Start/end: Marlow Park, Grafham Water Distance: 14.5km Time: 1½hrs

Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Lakeside trail fringed by wooded countryside; nature reserves and watersports

ACCOMMODATION

BIKE HIRE

FURTHER INFORMATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Info autore

By Huw Hennessy

Riassunto

Illustrated cycling guide to East Anglia: Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire - 21 handpicked routes aimed at keen cyclists and families alike, including places such as Sandringham, Wells, Holkham, Norwich, the Norfolk Broads, Bungay, Thetford Forest, Ixworth, Diss, Southwold, Walberswick, Orford, Sutton Hoo, Ely, Newmarket and Graffham Water.

Prefazione

. A unique title with no direct competition
. 21 hand-picked routes
. Mapped in association with Komoot, the navigation app which has a million users in the UK
About Bradt Travel Guides
. Founded in 1974, Bradt is now the largest independent guidebook publisher in the UK with over 200 titles in print
. Serial winner of the Gold award for Best Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards
. Bradt guides are written by authors who really know their destinations. Many are resident there, or have been visiting regularly over a number of years
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Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Huw Hennessy
• Editore: Bradt Travel Guides
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2022
• EAN: 9781784778781
• ISBN: 978-1-78477-878-1
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Guide To; Bradt Travel Guides (Regional Guides)
• Categorie: Viaggi > Guide turistiche > Europa; Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, Travel & holiday guides, Norwich, Sutton Hoo, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Sandringham, Travel and holiday guides, Ely, Southwold, sufflok, East Anglia cycling guide, holkham