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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Saxmundham

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Saxmundham

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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Saxmundham

02:37

54.3km

290m

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 26, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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17.9 km

View of Heveningham Hall and Parkland

Highlight • Viewpoint

Enjoy fantastic views of Heveningham Hall, set in a landscape park of 205 hectares. The current owner completed Lancelot Brown's ambitious plans for the site with a chain of lakes, which was rejected at the time.

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20.2 km

Marlinspike Border Signs

Highlight • Monument

Best viewed on the climb out of Walpole towards Halesworth is a testament to the local humour of Suffolk.

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34.3 km

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

If you should ride through Dunwich you'll see St James's Church. It's worth stopping to take a look if nothing the interior is beautiful but it also has the ruins …

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34.4 km

St James' Church, Dunwich

Highlight • Religious Site

Dunwich is a tiny village that hides a rich history. Once a bustling medieval port and the capital of the kingdom of East Anglia, it is thought Dunwich had a …

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34.9 km

Flora Tea Rooms

Highlight • Cafe

Beer, Tea, Full English, Bacon Butty... lots of options... and the final food option on the Dunwich Dynamo (2023)

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35.2 km

Greyfriars Medieval Friary Ruins

Highlight • Religious Site

Best walked to from the cliff path.

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40.9 km

Minsmere

Nature Reserve

41.5 km

Avenue of Birch Trees to Eastbridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Possibly one of the nicest bits of road to cycle in any season. The avenue of Birch leading to Eastbridge is not to be missed and is normally packed with widlife

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45.2 km

Leiston Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

One of Suffolk’s most impressive monastic ruins, according to English Heritage, Leiston Abbey has some remarkable architectural design.

These ruins date back to 1182 and was founded by Ranulf de Glanville, Henry II’s Chief Justiciar.

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47.1 km

Buckle's Wood

Forest

54.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.4 km

381 m

325 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

32.0 km

22.3 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 30 May

24°C

13°C

22 %

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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Saxmundham

View of Heveningham Hall and Parkland

Marlinspike Border Signs

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins

St James' Church, Dunwich

Flora Tea Rooms

Greyfriars Medieval Friary Ruins

Avenue of Birch Trees to Eastbridge

Leiston Abbey

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