Huw Hennessy

Cycling in East Anglia

21 Hand-Picked Rides

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bradt Travel Guides
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 176mm x 113mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781784778781
• ISBN-10: 1784778788
• Artikelnr.: 63001710

Autorenporträt

By Huw Hennessy

Inhaltsangabe

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