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Thetford forest trails are all good for beginners being in one of the flattest counties of our country it’s v v flat it’s more cross country style riding than mountain biking.

Starting from the forestry commision car park, hed over the bridge and turn right. This will give you several options for forestry trails and if you head towards Lynford you can then pop on to the road for a short trip to Browns cafe.

The Stanton Downham Bridge was built during the first world war as a rail bridge to transport timber and logging machines. It's been a road bridge since about 1922. The bridge crosses the Little Ouse River.

As March 2025 new gravel laid down

Lovely Old Building

Would be a lovely spot for a picnic

Perfect spot for a picnic

From recent (painful) experience... if riding for the first time definitely take it steady (especially sections with rocks). The Lime Burner Trail in general is great fun, but it definitely has the potential to suddenly and unexpectedly bite you!

A great place to top up your water, grab a bite to eat and even pop in to the bike shop if you need.

A good stop off for everything from a cafe to toilets to water point and bike shop if you need something to fix your bike.

singletrack section of the trail which combines some small but decent berms with shallow decent until it crosses a fire road

if you want to do the Beast again take 2 right turns along a fire 🔥 road

opportunity to enjoy the tight turns and berms

Possibly the most technical section of the Lime Burner Trail with it's general descent, tight turns, natural obstables, and short but steep climbs around trees.  If riding for the first time, take it steady and keep your eyes open as there are some fast changes in direction with trees that can quickly become a problem.

The bridge makes an appearance in Dad’s Army series 5 “Brain Versus Brawn”.

Experienced riders only

A ruin from medieval rabbit farming, Thetford Warren Lodge is a heavily defended house where the rabbit warrener would have lived. As rabbit fur was so valuable, both the occupants and their wares would have been targeted by poachers. Rabbits were still farmed here as recently as the early 20th century.

A twisty track on the Beater Trail. This section is 575m in length. The trail isn't very technical, there is a good flow and you can go reasonably fast.

Santon Downham bridge was built around the start of the First World War by the Canadian army, although a bridge has been on this site since at least the 17th Century. Originally it carried a 3ft gauge railway. The diamond pattern ironwork makes for an attractive crossing over the Little Ouse River. Plans were drawn up to replace it in the 1990's, but were opposed by locals, who liked it just the way it is.

Thetford Warren Lodge is an example of a rabbit warrener’s lodge, a bygone local industry of which little remains. The lodge was likely built by the monks of Thetford Priory in the late 13th century. It would have been at the centre of a huge warren where rabbits would be farmed. In the medieval period, rabbit meat was a banquet staple and rabbit fur was used to line the clothing of nobility. A highly lucrative trade, the lodge was built with thick walls to protect the warrener and the contents of the lodge from poachers. Interestingly, rabbits were still farmed here until the early 20th century.