3 Day Suffolk Tour

[mercalia]

A lot of not Suffolk in these suggestions for a Suffolk tour.

I regularly go to Blaxkhall which is near Snape. It has a wonderful pub, The Ship, which often features traditional singing. It does accommodation and there is also a YHA about 200 metres up the road.

Blaxkhall is near the coast, but if you cross the A12 there is some great cycling 'out west'. Framingham Castle is worth a look.

well I never liked cycling in Suffolk apart from the area on the coast around Blythburgh. When at uni in London but still at home in Lowestoft I used to cycle back and forwards thru the Hedinghams and Colchester ( staying aty the YHA there long gone) and into Essex. So I did see alot of it. Not very memorable. I suggest the op renames his trip & think Suffolk/Norfolk border

[Sweep]

Living in Lowestoft for a long time my favourite as I have said before are the routes that follow the River Yare to Norwich, either side of, starting from Lowestoft along the B1074( on my old map ) down to St olives then over the massive bridge ( good views )

Thanks mercalia, will check that out - might be handy to cut inland before riding the coast.
I have many fond childhood memories of norfolk and suffolk - for cycling hol purposes seems natural to me to lump them together, wandering freely across borders.

[Vorpal]

Framingham is also a good recommendation.

Kersey is just one of dozens of similar-looking East Anglian villages and that awful unnecessarily-hostile-to-cycling road more than negates the pretty view IMO.

Happily, the main village is also not "on the way" between Boxford and Hadleigh, or even Boxford and Kersey Mill. Don't turn down Church Hill and instead do what cycle.travel suggests: keep going along Mill Lane, then enter Hadleigh on the A road which isn't very busy and has a 40mph limit. Your bike, your brakes and your knees will thank you!

Knees? Coming from Boxford, & Cox Hill, you are going down the hill to the ford. And it's relatively flat leaving Kersey that way. I don't remember a hill, but there might be a small one. I've not encountered any roads in the area that are "awful unnecessarily-hostile-to-cycling", except maybe the A1071.

As for Stone Street A1141 (I think that what you meant?), busy depends on time of day. It can be very busy at peak times, and there are some businesses along there with associated vehicles. Also, I would rather cross the A1071 at Aldham Mill Hill. The hill is bigger going that way, and it's a little longer, but I think it would still be my choice.

But a difference of opinion about whether Kersey is worth cycling through is hardly worth arguing about. I'm sure the OP can decide how many picturesque Suffolk village to cycle through.

[NUKe]

If your going to Dunwich, the Minsmere bird reserve is near by and is worth a look. Going from Dunwich to Southwold if you go via walberswich, you can cross either by the Ferry or footbridge to Southwold. from Lowestoft to Norwich go via Reedham and the chain ferry, if you then have more time than you thought you can go via Wroxham and the broads.

[mjr]

[...] I've not encountered any roads in the area that are "awful unnecessarily-hostile-to-cycling", [...]

There is no reason to cobble a ford, much less to place the cobbles at 30 degrees to the direction of travel, and they don't even open the bypassing bridge for bikes.

You may have a higher tolerance for cycling on [inappropriate word removed] roads after living in Essex, whereas I may have higher expectations after Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Somerset and the fens!

[al_yrpal]

I love Walberswick, an artists paradise, so much to paint. Teds shed, the Ferry. The Fish and Chips shed, jetties, rotting rowing boats, piles, mud, reeds, lots of boats, lots of birds. So peaceful, interesting, a lovely random jumble of picturesque vistas.

Al

[Sweep]

Aldeburgh has a nice pub near the beach with local adnams ales which lets you eat takeaway fish and chips from the chippy over the road in their beer garden/yard as long as you buy a beer from them. Can't remember name of the pub or chippy, someone on here would probably know.

[Sweep]

Just up the coast is this rather mind boggling thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_in_the_Clouds

[mercalia]

Just up the coast is this rather mind boggling thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_in_the_Clouds

yes also at Thorpeness a nice boating lake that my dad used to take me to years ago, inspired by Peter Pan.

Fond memories as the lake goes on and on forever the bank vanishes ( when you are a kid ) with various landing points to visit the various Peter Pan features

An artificial lake, "mere" or boating lake was created where there had once been an Elizabethan shipping haven that had silted up. Many of the inspirations for the Meare came from a personal friend of the Ogilvies, J. M. Barrie, who wrote Peter Pan. Along with a large main pond, there are several channels with landings marked with names from the Peter Pan stories. Tiny islands on the Meare contain locations found in the novel, such as the pirates' lair, Wendy's house, and many others, where children are encouraged to play. The Meare was dug to a shallow depth for safety reasons

[Sweep]

I think I remember seeing that on my bike tour in those parts.

[Sweep]

Sailor's path -. Nice gentle offroad cycleable path between aldeburgh and snape.

See,. Mike, 3 days. Nowhere near enough

[mercalia]

Talking of fish and chips. I seem to remember there is/was a good fish and chip "shop" on the seashore there at Dunwich that uses fish from the long shore fishermen, none of this fish that has been frozen in the hold of a boat for a few days. Makes all the difference

[mercalia]

Bungay is a nice little market town and has an Otters Trust that is fun to visit

https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/suffolk/Family/Otter-Trust.htm

There is also the remains of a castle there

[simonhill]

The op asked twice about b & b's.

I suggested a couple of places in Blaxhall - anywhere else?

[Vorpal]

Edge Hall in Hadleigh.

High House Farm near Woodbridge.

Also it's quite dear, but one can stay at House in the Clouds https://www.houseintheclouds.co.uk/accommodation/