The way points of this bicycle route:
Train station
go across and down the cycleway alley
turn right
turn right and cross river. complicated road system - easiest to get off and walk
turn left, into Southtown Rd
bear left onto Beccles Rd
straight ahead
outside lane on approach, straight ahead on Beccles Rd (A143)
straight ahead
turn left
past the prison
turn right
straight ahead (for Oulton Broad)
roundabout, right onto bridge road. (petrol station on left) (A1117)
Flying Dutchman pub, turn left (Cotmer Road)
turn right (Cotmer Rd)
turn right
at end of the road, follow cycle track down alleyway
cross road, past the Co-op store delivery entrance
turn right
cross the main road by the cycle crossing, into (also called) Uplands Road south
turn left, by the church
bear left, by the school (Hall Rd)
straight over (B1127, towards Wrentham)
turn left, into Chapel Rd
cafe on the right. Cross over into Southwold Rd (B1127)
By the police station - turn left into Blyth Rd
rough, un-tarmacced road, can be muddy
just after the gateway take the left fork
cyclists and pedestrians only. May be muddy / dusty
follow (some tarmacced) bridleway route through Walberswick nature reserve, to the road
turn right, past the church
turn left (B1125)
turn left, signposted Dunwich Village
Abbey ruins, worth a look around
signposted Dunwich Heath (National Trust)
cycle parking, heathland trails, museum, cafe / tearoom / shop. Small charge for non-members
turn left
signposted Minsmere RSPB
access road for Minsmere RSPB
Nature reserve. Cycle parking, visitor centre, shop, cafe / tearoom, nature trails with birdwatching hides etc
turn right at main road (B1125)
for Hinton
turn left, just before Star pub (Blackheath Road)
cross over
turn right, for Walpole
turn right, for Linstead Parva
left onto main road, B1123, for Harleston
banks, cafe, shops etc
narrow country lane ahead
at junction, turn double right, go up the hill past the side of the church (Church Hill)
Post Office / shop (in Mill Road)
Once the most important Roman centre in East Anglia. Self-led circular trails passing exposed 3rd century defensive walls & interpretation boards. Interesting local church adjacent.
into White Horse Lane
turn left
Bracondale roundabout (county hall opp.) - take 2nd exit at r'bout and go up hill
Norwich City Football Club
turn right for train station
Straight ahead to follow route (or left for city centre)
continue ahead (or turn left at Bishop Bridge Road for Norwich Cathedral)
2nd exit. Gurney Road (relatively) steep hill
straight ahead (Salhouse Road), past Heartsease School
sometimes busy
signposted Stokesby
scenic river front. Pub, cafe & shop on the village green
straight ahead
into Green Lane
straight ahead
petrol station on the corner
2nd exit, for Caister -On - Sea
High Street. Post Office, shops, WC on the left by the phone box (opp. the Green Gate pub)
on the right
1st exit
outside lane on approach (watch for cars "undertaking"), then straight ahead into Lawn Avenue
3rd exit
left
Asda is just round the corner, if you are hungry
Asda is just round the corner, if you are hungry
Asda is just round the corner, if you are hungry
Asda has a cafe and sells everything imagineable. It is just around the corner, if you are hungry !
go home...
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173 km / 107 miles. Gt Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Southwold, Minsmere RSPB, Harleston, Norwich, Acle, Caister-On-Sea.
Start & end at Gt Yarmouth train station
Tagged with: Recreational, Training, Onroad, Difficult, Rural, Scenic, Touring
