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Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Butley

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Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Butley

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Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Butley

02:59

11.6km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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Wantisden Park

Highlight • Natural

Wantisden Park offers some gloriously characterful glamping options for those exploring the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB. Overlooking ancient woodland, it's a beautiful setting. There are also camping facilities for those looking to spend a little less.

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969 m

The Detectorists Lunch Tree

Highlight • Viewpoint

If your like me and you like to add interest to your rides or hikes with a historical or cultural destination, you can't go far wrong with a film or …

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1.41 km

Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks

Highlight • Forest

Staverton Park, Suffolk, ‘a famous and awesome place of Tolkienesque wonder and beauty’, and ‘one of the best-preserved uncompartmented medieval parks’.
Oliver Rackham, The History of the Countryside, 1986.

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6.87 km

Sandy Track in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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6.96 km

Sandy Track in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

We tackled these lanes on 40mm tires on gravel bikes and it was really tough, almost unrideable. It's very very fine sand and you tend to sink in, lose traction …

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11.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.34 km

4.54 km

1.72 km

Surfaces

3.31 km

2.70 km

2.18 km

1.72 km

1.68 km

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Thursday 25 June

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Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Butley

Wantisden Park

The Detectorists Lunch Tree

Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks

Sandy Track in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Sandy Track in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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