Suffolk Walks and Cycle Routes in Suffolk

Area: Coast and Villages

Enjoy a days out cycling along the Painter's Trail and enjoy the scenery as you travel though the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

For information of the itinerary and details of places of interest along the way follow the link below. The link also has details of a Painters Trail booklet which is available from the Dedham Vale AONB for £3.50.

Area: Brecks
Location: Mildenhall
Duration: 30 mins

Explore six different wetland habitats in this short walk along the banks of the River Lark, just a stones throw away from Mildenhall's Market Cross.

Area: Woodlands and Valleys
Location: Long Melford
Duration: 30 mins

This walk takes you out of town along Bull Lane to a bridleway where you join the grassy Melford Walk, once a railway line that carried passengers between Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds. The walk returns through the centre of town before heading up to the magnificent Holy Trinity Church, following a section of the Stour Valley Path through open fields to Kentwell Hall, and returns past the picturesque turrets of Melford Hall.

Area: Woodlands and Valleys
Location: Westhorpe
Duration: 30 mins - 45 mins

This pretty walk takes you close to the historic Westhorpe Deer Park, where deer still roam. And along ancient paths past Westhorpe Hall, once home to Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.

Area: Brecks
Location: Mildenhall
Duration: 1 hr

An easy enjoyable walk. Listen for the song of the woodlark in spring and discover the rare wildlife of the forest. Gain an insight into a bygone age when rabbits were 'King of the Brecks'