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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Southwold

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Southwold

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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Southwold

02:18

55.2km

250m

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: April 17, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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9.64 km

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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10.3 km

Greyfriars Medieval Friary Ruins

Highlight • Religious Site

Best walked to from the cliff path.

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15.9 km

Minsmere

Nature Reserve

16.5 km

Avenue of Birch Trees to Eastbridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Possibly one of the nicest bits of road to cycle in any season. The avenue of Birch leading to Eastbridge is not to be missed and is normally packed with widlife

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20.3 km

One of Suffolk’s most impressive monastic ruins, according to English Heritage, Leiston Abbey has some remarkable architectural design.

These ruins date back to 1182 and was founded by Ranulf de Glanville, Henry II’s Chief Justiciar.

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26.5 km

Beach Road past the Scallop Sculpture

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Lovely road with great views of the sea front.

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29.7 km

Aldeburgh

Highlight • Settlement

Lovely seaside town with long shingle beach and a decent high street parallel to the shoreline road.

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30.2 km

South Beach, Aldeburgh

Highlight • Beach

The sand and shingle of South Beach backs on to the pretty seaside town of Aldeburgh.

Along the beach front are a number of quirky historic buildings, including the 400 …

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39.8 km

Greenhouse Plantation

Forest

42.9 km

Middleton Cowboy Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

The Middleton Cowboy is the work of local metal worker Paul Richardson of "Steel Sculptures".

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55.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.3 km

1.10 km

1.03 km

805 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

45.4 km

9.63 km

239 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 9 July

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Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins – Leiston Abbey loop from Southwold

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins

Greyfriars Medieval Friary Ruins

Avenue of Birch Trees to Eastbridge

Leiston Abbey

Beach Road past the Scallop Sculpture

Aldeburgh

South Beach, Aldeburgh

Middleton Cowboy Sculpture

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