Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 29.4 km for 220 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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7.86 km

Quiet Road Through Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Cycleway

Part of the back route from Woodbridge to Rendlesham Forest if you want to avoid traffic.

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14.6 km

Suffolk Heathland Trail, Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Forest

24.0 km

Oak Covert

Forest

26.3 km

Forest Trail in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Forest

What could be better than leaving the road behind and enjoying the peace and quiet of the forest?
Constantly changing colours depending on the time of year, constantly changing trail conditions will keep you on your toes!

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30.9 km

St Andrew the Fisherman Sculpture, Capel St Andrew

Highlight • Structure

Created for the Millennium, a superb steel sculpture in the parish on the road to Butley. It shows St Andrew the fisherman, with a catch of herrings and eels. At …

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33.8 km

Carmen's Wood

Forest

34.5 km

Sandy Track in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

We tackled these lanes on 40mm tires on gravel bikes and it was really tough, almost unrideable. It's very very fine sand and you tend to sink in, lose traction …

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40.7 km

Forest Path in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Trail

41.9 km

Viking Trail Singletrack, Tunstall Forest

Highlight • MTB Park

Lovely bit of fast riding ending in a downhill to the road crossing

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43.3 km

Viking Trail, Tunstall Forest

Highlight • MTB Park

10 miles (16 km) of smooth flowing single-track, with a few bomb holes thrown in for good measure! The Viking Trail is rated as a red trail.

More info at forestryengland.uk/tunstall-forest/viking-trail-tunstall-forest

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48.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.4 km

11.3 km

11.1 km

1.39 km

344 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

32.8 km

8.10 km

5.65 km

1.42 km

513 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 22 April

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