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lovely walk at Ickworth, one of many

Easy to follow routes around the Ickworth estate. Great walks for all ages and abilities. Food and drinks and toilets all onsite.

A lovely old fashioned pub

So much to see on this walk .. we parked in chevington for free to set our walk .. so much to see and 2 cafes on site .. such a beautiful 7 mile walk

The River Linnet rises in the Ickworth Estate. A chalk stream at only 10km long, it runs into the River Lark. The National Trust are working to improve opportunities for wildlife to flourish along the river.

Good place to stop for a rest; pleasant view overlooking green and church

A fine church on the estate, formerly a parish church, now a cemetery where some of the Marquess of Bristol are buried.

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Ben & J.Lo usually stop by on Sunday lunchtimes for a pint of Best and a Cinzano Bianco.

Note: the highest *pint* not the highest *point*. To find the missing “o” go to www.komoot.com/highlight/1530035

The west wing, intended as an orangery, sculpture gallery and service rooms remained an unfinished shell until the beginning of the 21st century. For much of the time it was used as agricultural storage and latterly for playing squash on a court installed by the 4th Marquess.

The church is within view of Ickworth House, now owned by the National Trust. The church served Ickworth village, which no longer exists. With the growth of the Ickworth Estate, the church became mainly associated with those living and working in Ickworth House and its Park. It is also the main burial place of the Hervey family, who owned and lived at Ickworth from the mid 15th century to 1998. The church is medieval with major 19th-century alterations. The chancel is mid C13, the north nave doorway is C13 or C14. The chancel has a C15 restored south nave window. A C15 plain Octagonal limestone font. A C17 octagonal pulpit, converted around 1775 into a 3-decker with balustrading and original graining. 20 C17 and C18 marble wall and floor slabs in the chancel, many with carved achievements to members of the Hervey family. 14 C17 and C18 wall tablets in the nave to members of the Hervey family and others. A C15 red-line wall painting of the angel of the Annunciation on east wall of chancel. Roundels of painted Flemish glass dating from C14-C19. The Herveys, who owned Ickworth for almost 500 years, are buried in the vault under the church and in the churchyard. The line of those laid to rest here begins with Thomas Hervey (d. 1467), who was the first of this family to own Ickworth. After him, almost every Earl and every Marquess of Bristol has been buried there, as were many of their daughters and wives. The 6th Marquess (d. 1985) was buried in Menton (France) for 25 years until the 8th Marquess had him reinterred in the vault of Ickworth Church in October 2010. The ICCT was set up by the 8th Marquess of Bristol to safeguard the future of Ickworth Church. His half-brother the 7th Marquess bought the church from the Church Commissioners (after they made it redundant in the 1970s) in 1986, after which it fell into a state of disrepair. The 8th Marquess created the ICCT in 2006, and transferred ownership of the Church to the ICCT, of which he is Trustee and Chairman. The Church has now been restored and is open to the public after a lengthy restoration project costing £1.2 million. Prior to the restoration of the church it was visited by writer and television producer Steven Moffat who used the chained-up gates and statues in various states of disrepair in the churchyard as inspiration for popular Doctor Who monsters the Weeping Angels, first introduced in the 2007 episode "Blink".

St Mary's Church was the inspiration for Doctor Who's Weeping Angels, which first appeared in 2007. At that time the church had been abandoned and was dilapidated but after a £1.2 million restoration it is now once again open to the public. For further details see the website https://www.ickworthchurch.org.uk/

The grounds of Ickworth House are open to the public along with the house. There are areas of ancient woodland here, dating back to before 1600. Keep an eye out for the sheep grazing the land and the children's natural play area along Albana Walk. For further details see the website https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/ickworth/explore-the-parkland-at-ickworth

The River Linnet rises in the Ickworth Estate. A chalk stream at only 10km long, it runs into the River Lark. The National Trust are working to improve opportunities for wildlife to flourish along the river.

Can't do better than quote the welcome from the Fox Inn's website, "Where the unique and wonderful gather to enjoy exquisite food and drink, spectacular music and a grand old time. It’s a place where laughter is not far away, where musicians and performers can play their craft and where new friends can become old friends over a glass of something wonderful." Quite a billing to live up too? You will find that the Fox Inn does so admirably. Add to this at 123m it is the highest point in Suffolk that you can buy a pint, with the county top itself (Great Wood Hill) only a few metres higher.

This can get very muddy in winter, so be prepared!

The Fox is a lovely and friendly pub. I enjoyed a fine pint of Greene King IPA which wasn’t a difficult choice - I was weaned on this stuff! There were a few locals already inside when I arrived and in the immediate absence of the Landlady, it was they who let me in and welcomed me. Others were coming and going and the atmosphere really was that of a public house in the true sense. With the sun streaming in, and a nice fire in the corner, it would have been easy to have stayed for “the other one” or two.

Just a tad over 7km. The longest marked walk at Ickworth but in my opinion definitely the most enjoyable. Plenty of fun to be had in Lady Herveys woods for the little ones!

The highest point in Suffolk - not much of a summit, just a concrete yard, that used to be part of Rede airfield and a nearby radio mast

beautiful village in the heart of suffolk