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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – View of Blyth Marshes loop from Dunwich

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – View of Blyth Marshes loop from Dunwich

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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – View of Blyth Marshes loop from Dunwich

01:39

35.5km

180m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

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146 m

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

If you should ride through Dunwich you'll see St James's Church. It's worth stopping to take a look if nothing the interior is beautiful but it also has the ruins …

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8.95 km

The Queen's Head Inn Blyford

Highlight • Pub

Not just the best pub in the area for good food but probably the most cycle friendly too. You currently have to call to book in advance for food as …

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23.1 km

Southwold Market Place and Adnams Brewery

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful, if slightly overrun, historic fishing port and now a chi-chi resort full of second homes. Still very appealing though, with lovely historic streets and buildings, not to mention the Adnams Brewery.

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24.8 km

The Harbour Inn Southwold

Highlight • Restaurant

Didn't stop for food or drink, so can't comment on the pub itself – but amazing to see how high the flood water came in 1953.

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25.1 km

River Blyth Footbridge and Harbour View

Highlight • River

Part of the old Southwold to Halesworth train line. If you follow the line towards Walbeswick you can still see remains of the station platform as the footpath leaves the line of the track.

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25.6 km

View of Blyth Marshes

Highlight • Natural

Great section of gravel track that takes you from Southwold to Walberswick along the old rail line. During the busier months it can become very busy with other runners, walkers and cyclists.

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25.7 km

Walberswick Station (Disused)

Highlight • Monument

The platform is all that remains of the original Walberswick station which is marked here with a bench and commemorative plaque. The Southwold to Halesworth line was closed in 1929 …

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26.7 km

St Andrew's Church and Ruins, Walberswick

Highlight • Religious Site

St Andrew's is the fourth church to have been built in Walberswick. It is tucked into the south-west corner of the ruins of the third church. Personally I think the …

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35.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.9 km

1.60 km

1.44 km

568 m

Surfaces

23.0 km

12.2 km

267 m

122 m

Elevation

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Saturday 27 June

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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – View of Blyth Marshes loop from Dunwich

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins

The Queen's Head Inn Blyford

Southwold Market Place and Adnams Brewery

The Harbour Inn Southwold

River Blyth Footbridge and Harbour View

View of Blyth Marshes

Walberswick Station (Disused)

St Andrew's Church and Ruins, Walberswick

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