The Round House – Round House loop from Ickworth

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The Round House – Round House loop from Ickworth

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The Round House – Round House loop from Ickworth

02:48

10.5km

110m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 0 m for 2.96 km

Customers only

After 6.74 km for 3.82 km

Customers only

Waypoints

Start point

Bicycle Rental

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300 m

Orangery and West Wing, Ickworth House

Highlight • Monument

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 …

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1.80 km

The Fairy Lake

Lake

2.06 km

The Round House

Highlight • Historical Site

The Round House features a unique facade and a captivating history. It began as a shooting lodge before undergoing a transformation into a gamekeeper's cottage. Surrounded by the melody of …

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2.07 km

Nestling in an enchanting woodland glade close to Fairy Lake, is this fable-like rotunda cottage. A mini, more folky version of the nearby Ickworth rotunda, it was originally used as a shooting lodge and then a gamekeeper's cottage.

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2.42 km

Lady Katharina's Wood

Forest

2.64 km

Lady Katherine's Wood

Highlight • Forest

Lady Katherine’s Wood is one of the wooded sections within the wider Ickworth estate, forming part of the belt of trees that frame the open parkland around the Rotunda.
Like …

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2.93 km

Randan Wood

Forest

7.15 km

Stoneyhill Wood

Highlight • Forest

Stoneyhill Wood lies within the wider Ickworth estate parkland and forms part of the mixed woodland that contrasts with the open, designed landscape around the Rotunda.

It's likely a combination of historic estate planting and older semi-natural woodland.

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7.84 km

River Linnet

Highlight • River

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.

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9.56 km

Ickworth Trim Trail

Highlight • Trail

Trail set up in the woods with exercise equipment.

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10.4 km

Playground and Picnic Benches

Highlight • Rest Area

Great little area for a picnic and letting the kids play

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10.5 km

End point

Bicycle Rental

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.04 km

1.39 km

584 m

505 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.30 km

2.14 km

1.39 km

1.20 km

505 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

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Monday 9 November

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Comments

July 21, 2024,Ickworth House – St Mary's Church – Ickworth loop from Horringer

Impressive, vast estate. From the entrance, you'll notice that this is something special—an amazing building and surrounding gardens, with gift shop and cafes which close at 4 pm. Around the estate, you'll have kilometre after kilometre of woods with every turn displaying a different scenery. You'll have ups and downs of roads very good for hiking and a sweaty cardio. …