Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Rendlesham

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Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Rendlesham

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Wantisden Park – Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks loop from Rendlesham

02:03

8.01km

40m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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992 m

Wantisden Park offers some gloriously characterful glamping options for those exploring the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB. Overlooking ancient woodland, it's a beautiful setting. There are also camping facilities for those looking to spend a little less.

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2.78 km

The Detectorists Lunch Tree

Highlight • Viewpoint

If your like me and you like to add interest to your rides or hikes with a historical or cultural destination, you can't go far wrong with a film or TV location. This is the 'Lunch Tree' from the popular TV series 'The Detectorists'. The favourite resting spot of characters Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) fellow detectorists. The series is set in the fictional small town of Danebury in north Essex but all the filming was done here in Suffolk.

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3.22 km

Staverton Thicks Ancient Oaks

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Staverton Park, Suffolk, ‘a famous and awesome place of Tolkienesque wonder and beauty’, and ‘one of the best-preserved uncompartmented medieval parks’.
Oliver Rackham, The History of the Countryside, 1986.

It's also the location of the 'Lunch Tree' in the detectorists, magical.

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5.57 km

Cyclists' Rest Stop in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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5.74 km

Forest Path in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

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There is lots of tracks leading through the forest, some made for vehicle access and some overgrown tracks you can just about walk along. keep your bearings though as they are made like....

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