Included
Hire of hybrid cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation in twin/double rooms with shower/wc in inns or hotels
Tour information including maps and routes
Luggage transport Emergency support

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Cycle helmets

Extras
Single rooms
Upgrade to Four poster rooms at some of the overnight locations

Access
By air to London Heathrow/Stanstead Airports: by train London Liverpool Street Station to Stowmarket, collect or taxi to Needham Market: car parking available.

Duration
7 Nights/8 Days

Start
Any day, April - October

Minimum two persons

Level 2

Tour Code ORA

Price £

High season suppl. £

26th May - 3rd June & 30th June - 30th September

Day 1 Arrive NEEDHAM MARKET
Explore this pretty village. Evening: collect cycles and route briefing.

Day 2 NEEDHAM MARKET - FRAMLINGHAM 26ml(42km)
Following the narrow country lanes cycle east through the pretty village of Debenham to reach Framlingham. Visit the ancient ruined Framlingham Castle in this lovely old market town.

Day 3 FRAMLINGHAM - ALDEBURGH 28ml(45km)
Today visit Shawsgate Vineyard before reaching the coast at Dunwich. Once the capital of East Anglia, it is now largely lost under the sea. Cycle across Dunwich Heath, through the Bird Reserve at Minsmere and on to your overnight stop at Aldeburgh.

Day 4 Rest Day ALDEBURGH
Visit the Moot Hall, Martello Tower and lifeboat shed. Perhaps have a swim from the good bathing beach and later taste the local fare at the recommended restaurants

Day 5 ALDEBURGH - WOODBRIDGE 37ml(59km)
Visit Snape Maltings and Orford Castle before reaching the tip of Orford Ness at Shingle Street. Inland now to the overnight stop at Woodbridge, a pretty village with a marina and Tide Mill.

Day 6 WOODBRIDGE - HADLEIGH 24ml(38km)
Cycle along the Suffolk lanes to pass through the small villages of Bealings, Tuddenham and Kersey. Stop for the night at Hadleigh an attractive market town with interesting buildings and riverside walks.

Day 7 HADLEIGH - LAVENHAM 28ml(45km)
Heading into the heart of 'Constable Country' explore East Bergholt, his birthplace and Flatford Mill where a guided tour visits seven sites he painted, including the 'Haywain'. Cycle on to Stoke by Nayland, its church tower a feature in many of his paintings.

Day 8 LAVENHAM - NEEDHAM MARKET 16ml(26km)
A gentle short cycle ride back to Needham Market, return cycles and depart.

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