Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 52.8 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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852 m

St Mary's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Interesting round tower church. Worth a visit.

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14.2 km

A wonderful little pub that is the centre of life in this village, it often has guest food vans that do amazing food, when were there in September 2023 there was Marg and Rita's Pizza Van, very nice indeed.

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21.6 km

Gayford Plantation

Forest

22.7 km

Wyrley's Belt

Forest

26.5 km

Col de Croxton

Highlight • Cycleway

As the name aptly suggests; it's all in the photos. Nothing more to add. I was on a 200km touring ride, not attempting a KOM or some such. A very …

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30.8 km

Thetford Castle Mound

Highlight • Historical Site

Thetford Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle, largely destroyed in 1173 by Henry II, although the huge motte, the second largest man-made mound in England, remains intact.

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31.1 km

Double Bridges Over the Little Ouse and Thet

Highlight • Bridge

Scenic double bridges over the Little Ouse and the Thet by the meadows just before the two rivers join.

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32.4 km

Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford

Highlight • Monument

The statue of Thomas Paine was sculpted by Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Academy, and erected in 1964 in Thetford, Paine's birthplace.

Thomas Paine was an English-born American …

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40.6 km

St Andrew's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

COE

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53.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.4 km

4.18 km

1.41 km

363 m

189 m

131 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

49.4 km

4.02 km

189 m

115 m

Elevation

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