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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Orford

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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Orford

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Orford Castle – Rendlesham Forest Trails loop from Orford

03:57

50.3km

180m

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: February 27, 2026

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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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158 m

Orford Castle

Highlight • Castle

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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801 m

View of Orford Castle

Highlight • Castle

Nice view of the castle as you head into Orford

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2.07 km

River Deben Riverside Spot

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Nice fast section of road, staple.

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18.8 km

Gyb Hill Plantation

Forest

19.8 km

Suffolk Heathland Trail, Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Forest

20.8 km

Pig Farm in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Very sandy segment - more a walk in dry spells

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25.1 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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29.0 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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31.9 km

Carmen's Wood

Forest

32.6 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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50.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.1 km

16.2 km

13.5 km

344 m

191 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.7 km

15.9 km

4.75 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 17 May

15°C

6°C

63 %

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Orford Castle

View of Orford Castle

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