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Thetford Castle Mound – Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford loop from Eccles Road

Thetford Castle Mound – Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford loop from Eccles Road

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Thetford Castle Mound – Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford loop from Eccles Road

02:13

53.7km

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 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 52.8 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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852 m

St Mary's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Interesting round tower church. Worth a visit.

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14.2 km

A wonderful little pub that is the centre of life in this village, it often has guest food vans that do amazing food, when were there in September 2023 there was Marg and Rita's Pizza Van, very nice indeed.

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21.6 km

Gayford Plantation

Forest

22.7 km

Wyrley's Belt

Forest

26.5 km

Col de Croxton

Highlight • Cycleway

As the name aptly suggests; it's all in the photos. Nothing more to add. I was on a 200km touring ride, not attempting a KOM or some such. A very pleasant surprise nonetheless to hv encountered it - had no previous knowledge of its existence - glad to hv found it by pure coincidence. Always brings a smile to face to see cycling 'non-business' related stuff. Just pure awareness, friendly 🚲 stuff. 🙂

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30.8 km

Thetford Castle Mound

Highlight • Historical Site

Thetford Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle, largely destroyed in 1173 by Henry II, although the huge motte, the second largest man-made mound in England, remains intact.

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31.1 km

Double Bridges Over the Little Ouse and Thet

Highlight • Bridge

Scenic double bridges over the Little Ouse and the Thet by the meadows just before the two rivers join.

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32.4 km

Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford

Highlight • Monument

The statue of Thomas Paine was sculpted by Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Academy, and erected in 1964 in Thetford, Paine's birthplace.

Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.

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40.6 km

St Andrew's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

COE

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53.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.0 km

4.16 km

1.36 km

554 m

465 m

182 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

49.2 km

3.88 km

524 m

182 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 19 May

20°C

12°C

39 %

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Thetford Castle Mound – Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford loop from Eccles Road

St Mary's Church

The Eagle, Great Hockham

Col de Croxton

Thetford Castle Mound

Double Bridges Over the Little Ouse and Thet

Thomas Paine Statue, Thetford

St Andrew's Church

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