Day One Arrive at Needham Market, explore the area and spend your first night in or near this small market town.

Day Two An excellent day’s ride to Debenham, a pretty village with its overhanging houses and antique shops, Saxtead Green’s beautifully restored 18c post mill and into Framlingham. Here you stay the night with time to visit the massive castle in this lovely old market town. (Rec 22: Min 21: Max 38 miles.)

Day Three Today you can visit Shawsgate Vineyards before reaching the coast at Dunwich, the onetime capital of East Anglia, now largely lost under the sea. You’ll cycle across the heather clad Dunwich Heath, through the RSPB reserve at Minsmere to Aldeburgh for the night.
(Rec 31: Min 19: Max 35 miles.)

Day Four A day to rest in Aldeburgh, a charming old fashioned seaside town. Watch the fisherman haul up their boats onto the beach and later you can taste the local fare at the highly recommended restaurants.

Day Five Going inland to find river crossings you visit the arts centre at Snape, climb to the top of dramatic Orford Castle, reach the tip of Orford Ness at quiet and beautiful Shingle Street, visit the site of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo and finally to Woodbridge for the night.
(Rec 37: Min 16: Max 43 miles.)

Day Six Winding through Suffolk lanes you’ll pass through the pretty villages of Bealings,Tuddenham and Kersey. Your night’s stop is in Hadleigh an attractive market town with fine old buildings and quiet riverside walks.
(Rec 24: Min 24: Max 34 miles.)

Day Seven Heading into the heart of ‘Constable Country’, you’ll explore East Bergholt his birthplace, Flatford Mill where a guided tour visits seven sites painted by Constable including the ‘Haywain’, Stoke by Nayland whose church tower is featured in many of his paintings, and finally to the famous ‘Wool Town’ of Lavenham for the night.
(Rec 30: Min 12: Max 35 miles.)

Day Eight Enjoy a leisurely morning in Lavenham before taking a gentle ride back to Needham Market, perhaps visiting on the way the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket.
(Rec 24: Min 16: Max 40 miles.)