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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Ramsholt

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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Ramsholt

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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Ramsholt

03:57

63.7km

320m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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372 m

Ramsholt Arms Riverside Pub

Highlight • Pub

1.81 km

Zoe's Wood

Forest

15.3 km

St Andrew the Fisherman Sculpture, Capel St Andrew

Highlight • Structure

Created for the Millennium, a superb steel sculpture in the parish on the road to Butley. It shows St Andrew the fisherman, with a catch of herrings and eels. At …

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22.0 km

Friar's Covert

Forest

26.5 km

Due to conservation works Orford Castle is currently (August 2022) enshrouded in scaffolding.

The unique polygonal tower keep of Orford Castle stands beside the pretty town and former port, developed …

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26.6 km

Pump Street Bakery

Highlight • Cafe

Lovely little artisan bakery with some of the best baked goods in Suffolk, washed down with real coffee and teas.
Money Saving Tip: If the weather is good, take away and sit in the village to enjoy the views.

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27.3 km

Riverside Tearoom, Orford

Highlight • Cafe

Brilliant little tearooms on the riverside (surprisingly) in quaint Orford on the Suffolk coastline, makes for a great mid-ride stop or meeting point for a delicious coffee.

Opening hours and menu at riverside-tearoom.co.uk/opening-hours

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50.4 km

Rendlesham Forest Trails

Highlight • Cycleway

Brilliant network of forest trails in Rendlesham around the Woodbridge Airfield. Extensive and well signed cycle trails and footpaths too which are ace for kids. A gravel rider's paradise!

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50.5 km

Rendlesham Forest Parking Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Toilets and Visitor centre with free forest map guides

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50.6 km

Rendlesham Forest UFO Trail

Highlight • Trail

Rendlesham Forest was planted as commercial woodland in the 1920s.

The forest was the setting for a well-known UFO incident in 1980. Servicemen at RAF Woodbridge saw lights in the …

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63.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.7 km

5.82 km

3.27 km

518 m

237 m

Surfaces

37.4 km

17.6 km

5.74 km

2.29 km

428 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 25 June

34°C

21°C

0 %

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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Ramsholt

Ramsholt Arms Riverside Pub

St Andrew the Fisherman Sculpture, Capel St Andrew

Orford Castle

Pump Street Bakery

Riverside Tearoom, Orford

Rendlesham Forest Trails

Rendlesham Forest Parking Area

Rendlesham Forest UFO Trail

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