Hopton Church – Wortham Ling Heath loop from Harling Road

Hopton Church – Wortham Ling Heath loop from Harling Road

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Hopton Church – Wortham Ling Heath loop from Harling Road

01:58

45.0km

200m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

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After 26.9 km for 96 m

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Start point

Train Station

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2.37 km

Hopton Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Pretty place to stop for lunch. Plus a handy village store over the road with very helpful staff. Perfect.

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14.7 km

Carr Meadow

Nature Reserve

21.6 km

Wortham Ling Heath

Highlight • Natural

Lovely spot to take a rest. Heard my first cuckoo for this year here. Some wonderful flora and fauna so well worth a visit

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27.8 km

St Remigius is an unusual name to be given to a church, although there were four other medieval churches in Norfolk under the protection of this Saint. He was Bishop of Rheims, who died in 533AD, and is remembered for baptising Clovis I, the King of the Franks. The circular part of the tower of St Remigius church in Roydon – right on the border to Suffolk – was built about 1300 with an octagonal belfry which was removed c1680, and it remained a simple round tower until the mid 19th century when the new octagonal belfry was added. The lowest half of the tower is cement rendered, then there is a stage of black flints, used to re-face the walls in the 19th century, and the top stage has the belfry of flint and stone, with flushwork and carved-stone panels of quatrefoils in the battlemented parapet. The 15th century north porch also has flushwork on its face and three stone niches with finely carved canopies. There are angel heads and wings in the spandrels above the entrance arch. The south aisle was rebuilt in 1864, when the former south porch was moved to its east end to house the organ. The chancel was originally 12th century, rebuilt in mid 13th century and given new windows in 1864.
More: roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-m-r/roydon-2

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