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Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds – St Edmundsbury Cathedral loop from Stowmarket

Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds – St Edmundsbury Cathedral loop from Stowmarket

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4.0

(6)

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Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds – St Edmundsbury Cathedral loop from Stowmarket

02:23

53.8km

280m

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 18, 2026

Tips

The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 3.26 km for 85 m

After 28.2 km for 115 m

After 28.5 km for 115 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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845 m

Stowmarket Town Square

Highlight • Settlement

Great place to stock up on provisions for a night’s camping.

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3.31 km

Lakehouse Coffee, Deli & Cakes

Highlight • Cafe

Very pleasant setting with picnic tables overlooking the small lake (can be reached by taking your bike around the side of the building to the right) as well as indoor seating. Closed Mon/Tue.

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11.3 km

St Mary's Church, Woolpit

Highlight • Historical Site

15th century double-hammerbeam angel roof

The church of The Blessed Virgin Mary in Woolpit is one of the great medieval churches of Suffolk, a county blessed with some of the …

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11.3 km

Woolpit Village Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Lovely picturesque village centre with a co-op, a tea room (10-4.30, closed Sun & Mon) and a fish & chip shop (lunchtimes and after 5pm, closed Sun).

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27.8 km

No Man's Meadows Local Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

No Man's Meadows are four low lying meadows divided up by ditches and lying between the Lark and Linnet rivers. Between the Meadows and the Abbey Gardens is a cricket …

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28.2 km

National Cycle Route 51 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey and Cathedral

Highlight • Cycleway

Fiddly route but traffic free and pretty way to heart of historic BStE

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28.4 km

Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds

Highlight • Historical Site

The Angel Hotel, a Georgian building on Angel Hill, was used by Charles Dickens while giving readings in the nearby Athenaeum and mentioned in The Pickwick Papers. Angelina Jolie also …

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28.6 km

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Highlight • Religious Site

The church with almost 1000 years of history was part of the abbey and has been extended and rebuilt several times in its history.

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53.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.2 km

12.3 km

1.65 km

375 m

246 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

37.7 km

15.6 km

422 m

122 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 17 June

26°C

15°C

0 %

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Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds – St Edmundsbury Cathedral loop from Stowmarket

Stowmarket Town Square

Lakehouse Coffee, Deli & Cakes

St Mary's Church, Woolpit

Woolpit Village Centre

No Man's Meadows Local Nature Reserve

National Cycle Route 51 to Bury St Edmunds Abbey and Cathedral

Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

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