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Needham Lake – The Vicarage loop from Needham Market

Needham Lake – The Vicarage loop from Needham Market

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Needham Lake – The Vicarage loop from Needham Market

03:43

93.2km

430m

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: May 26, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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578 m

Needham Lake

Highlight • Lake

Needham Lake is the site of a Local Nature Reserve - with wetland areas, meadows and a small woodland. It's home to a variety of wildlife.

Needham Lake has been …

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1.37 km

The Little Kitchen

Highlight • Cafe

not the most welcoming tea room. but jubd enough to refill my water bottle with a purchase of tea and chocolates. had to sit outside to drink my tea though. perhaps I needed a prior booking 😔

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19.1 km

Gislingham Road, Finningham

Highlight • Settlement

Finningham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in the East of England, located approximately 7.5 miles north of Stowmarket and 16 miles from …

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36.0 km

Florence's Coffee

Highlight • Cafe

There most weekends. Worth a pit stop! check the site first - florencoscoffee.co.uk

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36.5 km

Lopham Road

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Generic bit of Norfolk country road. Nothing exceptional, and some fast traffic.

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40.0 km

Wide Rural Views

Highlight • Viewpoint

In a generally flat part of the world a view that goes further than the next hedgerow is a bit of a treat.

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66.0 km

Eye Castle

Highlight • Castle

Eye Castle is one of the few surviving motte-and-bailey castles from the early Norman period. Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the castle was sacked and …

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66.2 km

The Vicarage

Highlight • Monument

Eye Vicarage is a fantastic building thought to date from the 1450's. It is built around a timber frame, with a Georgian southern facade and later re-modelled in the Victorian era.

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93.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

84.5 km

4.31 km

3.84 km

494 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

90.3 km

2.63 km

166 m

105 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 31 May

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Needham Lake – The Vicarage loop from Needham Market

Needham Lake

The Little Kitchen

Gislingham Road, Finningham

Florence's Coffee

Lopham Road

Wide Rural Views

Eye Castle

The Vicarage

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