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

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

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

02:31

52.4km

280m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 18, 2026

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.35 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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7.56 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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16.4 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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17.4 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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17.5 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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18.0 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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18.3 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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23.0 km

Quiet lane into Reydon and Southwold

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A truly "Quiet lane" that brings you in to Southwold via Reydon. It's safer and far more picturesque than the Wangford and Wrentham roads that carry an enormous amount of traffic all year.

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25.9 km

Blomfield Wood

Forest

52.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.7 km

3.50 km

1.66 km

461 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.2 km

23.8 km

405 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Saturday 11 July

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

Middleton Cowboy Sculpture

Dunwich Leper Hospital Ruins

St Andrew's Church and Ruins, Walberswick

Walberswick Station (Disused)

View of Blyth Marshes

River Blyth Footbridge and Harbour View

The Harbour Inn Southwold

Quiet lane into Reydon and Southwold

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