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Rendlesham Forest Trails – Rendlesham Forest loop from Rendlesham Forest

Rendlesham Forest Trails – Rendlesham Forest loop from Rendlesham Forest

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5.0

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Rendlesham Forest Trails – Rendlesham Forest loop from Rendlesham Forest

01:05

14.3km

40m

Gravel riding

Easy gravel ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 23, 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

Parking

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13 m

Rendlesham Forest Parking Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Toilets and Visitor centre with free forest map guides

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172 m

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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1.41 km

A sprawling 3,700-acre (1,500 ha) mixed woodland, Rendlesham Forest is owned and managed by Forestry England. There are plenty of trails here for walkers and cyclists, with picnic spots and sculptures to discover.

Rendlesham Forest is famous for a supposed UFO sighting in December 1980. There's even a UFO trail, boasting a large model of an alien spacecraft.

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12.3 km

Rendlesham Forest UFO Trail

Highlight • Forest

The UFO Trail in Rendelsham Forest is a trail excursion inspired by a UFO sighting in December 1980. Follow the trail through forest, heathland and wetlands!

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12.8 km

Rendlesham Forest

Highlight • Forest

Rendelsham Forest surrounds the Woodbridge Airfield. It's 15 square km are managed by the Forestry Commission. In 1980 there were claims of UFO sightings in the forest. Take a tour through the forest, but also keep an eye to the sky!

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13.3 km

Rendlesham Forest

Highlight • Forest

14.2 km

Coffee Truck in Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Highlight • Cafe

14.3 km

Rendlesham Forest UFO Trail

Highlight • Trail

Rendlesham Forest was planted as commercial woodland in the 1920s.

The forest was the setting for a well-known UFO incident in 1980. Servicemen at RAF Woodbridge saw lights in the trees. They reported discovering a conical object, about the size of a car, floating in a forest clearing, which disappeared as they approached. 🛸

There are toilets at the car park, and a network of gravel trails to ride.

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14.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.33 km

4.15 km

1.66 km

178 m

Surfaces

12.5 km

1.45 km

205 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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