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East Of England

Suffolk Coastal

The Vicarage – Mellis Common Nature Reserve loop from Melton

Road cycling routes

East Of England

Suffolk Coastal

The Vicarage – Mellis Common Nature Reserve loop from Melton

Moderate

5

riders

The Vicarage – Mellis Common Nature Reserve loop from Melton

03:25

83.1km

370m

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: June 26, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 2.35 km for 64 m

After 80.8 km for 64 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

16.2 km

Tree-Lined Road in Suffolk Countryside

Highlight • Cycleway

A little bit of Provence in the Suffolk countryside! When the sun's out and the wind is at your back, you could be forgiven for thinking you're in southern Europe. A lovely piece of road.

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2

20.4 km

Wooden Bear Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

Brown Bear (wood carving)

Tip by

3

36.1 km

The Vicarage

Highlight • Monument

Eye Vicarage is a fantastic building thought to date from the 1450's. It is built around a timber frame, with a Georgian southern facade and later re-modelled in the Victorian era.

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4

36.3 km

Eye Castle

Highlight • Castle

Eye Castle is one of the few surviving motte-and-bailey castles from the early Norman period. Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the castle was sacked and …

Tip by

5

42.7 km

Mellis Common Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Unusually large area of open common land, now a nature reserve, with a long piece of straight road through the middle of it.

Tip by

6

48.9 km

Caf-Eye

Highlight • Cafe

See what they did there? Unpretentious local cafe nicely situated in the main square and open 7 days a week.

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B

83.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

81.1 km

1.07 km

902 m

104 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

76.1 km

6.94 km

178 m

< 100 m

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