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Swaffham Buttercross – Swaffham Market Place Gazebo loop from Wayland Wood

Swaffham Buttercross – Swaffham Market Place Gazebo loop from Wayland Wood

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Swaffham Buttercross – Swaffham Market Place Gazebo loop from Wayland Wood

03:01

71.5km

310m

Road cycling

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: April 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.2 km for 55 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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20.1 km

North Pickenham Communication Tower

Highlight • Structure

An impressive structure which dominates the skyline on the road to Swaffham near the northern edge of the old North Pickenham RAF base.

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23.2 km

Swaffham Buttercross

Highlight • Settlement

The Buttercross is in the middle of Swaffham. It is the centre of a weekly market. When the farmer sold their butter, they opened their stands in the shade of the Buttercross so it wouldn't melt away.

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23.3 km

Swaffham Market Place Gazebo

Highlight • Structure

The Market Cross cafe on the north side is a good option for a refreshment stop: open 7 days a week until 4pm (later on Fridays).

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27.4 km

The Grand Avenue

Highlight • Cycleway

A broad, straight road impressively lined with an avenue of trees. The gradient gradually descends southwards towards Cockley Cley which can really build your speed.

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28.9 km

All Saints Church, Cockley Cley

Highlight • Religious Site

Another nice example of a medieval round tower church, sadly in the 1990s' the tower itself collapsed, the church was likely originally a Norman construction, worth a visit, even if …

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34.6 km

St John the Evangelist Church, Oxborough

Highlight • Religious Site

Half the church is ruined, destroyed when its tower and spire collapsed in the late 1940s, while the surviving east chapel forms the present church.

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34.7 km

The Beddingfield Arms

Highlight • Pub

Lovely pub 🙂 open during the daytime mid week (when I went)

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55.1 km

Shou Coffee

Highlight • Cafe

Easily the best coffee for miles around, only diminished by the lack of bike parking or outdoor seating, so it's a case of prop your bike out front where you …

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71.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

65.8 km

2.54 km

2.20 km

836 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

58.2 km

13.1 km

119 m

111 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Thursday 16 July

24°C

13°C

11 %

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Swaffham Buttercross – Swaffham Market Place Gazebo loop from Wayland Wood

North Pickenham Communication Tower

Swaffham Buttercross

Swaffham Market Place Gazebo

The Grand Avenue

All Saints Church, Cockley Cley

St John the Evangelist Church, Oxborough

The Beddingfield Arms

Shou Coffee

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