Cycling in Suffolk
Borrow our bikes or BYO - scroll down for more information & photos
Enjoy cycling our quiet Suffolk lanes - and a 5% discount for all BYO bike cycling clubs
Borrow our 45+ bikes or BYO
Each property has its own fleet of 22+ adult road bikes for those aged over 16 (weight <15 stone) included in hire fees (BYO children’s bikes).
Various Suffolk Cycle Routes pass by our drive, so you’re in good cycling country. We have maps and laminated circular routes for varying fitness (45 mins - 5 hrs), different interests (nature reserves, medieval ‘Wool’ villages, pubs) along quiet country lanes.
Ask us to deliver a picnic to one of several millennium greens nearby. Or finish with a lovely tea -one mile away at the cyclists’ Cafe Como?
For more serious cyclists check out the Suffolk Cycle Routes, Long Distance Routes (scroll on!) and other routes that pass nearby.
Cycle routes - Suffolk - check out the Acton-Bury loop, Bildeston-Flowton loop, Hadleigh-Boxford loop, Hadleigh-Wattisham loop
Wool Town bike trail quiz
Try out our Wool Town Bike Trail quiz. You choose how many villages you wish to do (1-3 hours). In teams, you work out a route on lovely quiet country lanes between villages. We provide maps, some cryptic clue questions, and some silly tasks to do (which vary from making up rhymes to discovering the dates when something happened).
Why not meet up in a pub for lunch or coffee and cake at Cafe Como just down the road? If you want a meal, it might be best to forewarn the pub and pre-order your lunch.
Bike supplies - if you need these in a hurry, we have the very excellent Life Cycle Bike Shop in nearby Bildeston @lifecycle_uk
Long Distance Sustrans routes
Try the exciting new Wolf Way - a 248-mile route around Suffolk along dirt tracks, byways and quiet country lanes which takes in historic villages, Neolithic settlements and Roman towns.
For those that would like to check out the Stour Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, there is a 69 mile Painters' Trail and several shorter 7-12 mile routes.
We’re situated within two miles of several Long Distance Cycle routes:
Route 13: 148 mile London Tower Bridge to Fakenham Sustrans Route- 2.5 miles to join this route near Lavenham.
Route 1: 165 Fakenham to Harwich Sustrans Route - 7 miles to join this in Hadleigh.
Route 1: 1720 mile Shetland Isles to Dover Sustrans Route - 7 miles to join this in Hadleigh
All routes from our properties to join the Sustrans Long Distance Routes are easy to get to along quiet country lanes that pass through beautiful, historic Wool Town villages.
