Mid-Suffolk Railway Star

Circular rides – each of our circular rides take in great places to see and notable local attractions and include a number of options – so you can explore what you appeals to you, but still be comfortable with the mileages. You’ll find churches, picturesque landscapes, gardens and village greens as well as must-see destinations as each route has been carefully created to include great cycling plus plenty local colour to enjoy. Our detailed notes will provide plenty of suggestions for charming local refreshment stops along the way too.

Head north to discover historic Suffolk heartlands including a WWII memorial museum just over the Norfolk border and the famous ‘Strike’ school. Discover the very spot of King Edmund’s murder and martyrdom at Hoxne, but see his story told through medieval paintings in a tiny church en route first, then trace his glory in the fine flint church at castle-town Eye. (34 miles/ 55 kms).

Explore great greens and magical fens around a trip to the Bloom family’s world-renowned gardens or Bressingham’s wide array of steam engine and Dad’s Army nostalgia trips. (34 miles / 55 kms)

Pedal out through gentle farmlands to villages great and small, steeped in history and discover a market town within a castle that’s also home to a crinkle-crankle wall, WWII airfield and one of Suffolk’s finest medieval churches. (16 miles / 25 kms)

Head south across greens and pleasant lands to the beautiful River Deben and its hugely historic wool town, Debenham (13 miles / 21kms) – perhaps add some castle capers with a longer pedal to Framlingham’s 12th century curtain-wall castle. (31 miles / 50 kms) or take a look at Helmingham Hall’s beautiful herbaceous borders on a tour leading alongside ancient Roman settlement lands by Stone Street (42 miles / 26 kms).

Or why not join the dots, between Eye, Hoxne and Debenham, heading eastwards across a landscape speckled with early priory, abbey and shrine sites, WWII airfields including a haunting field hospital. (28 miles / 45 kms)