From Newmarket racecourse to The Highest Pint in Suffolk at The Fox, Ousden

From Newmarket racecourse to The Highest Pint in Suffolk at The Fox, Ousden

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From Newmarket racecourse to The Highest Pint in Suffolk at The Fox, Ousden

02:25

54.1km

420m

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: June 5, 2024

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After 25.3 km for 115 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.66 km

Warren Hill Gallops

Highlight • Climb

Lovely strip of road where you see race horses and their jockeys warming up on either side

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6.39 km

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Medieval packhorse bridge beside the ford over the Kennett at Moulton. Still in use and bikeable (with a shallow step at each end of the bridge).

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11.9 km

Brockley Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Tiny lane with no traffic that descends and rises with a few bends to take at speed if you’re brave, and amazing elevated views across the countryside.

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25.0 km

Bury St. Edmunds Corn Exchange has been a real landmark building since it opened in 1862. It is now the site of a Wetherspoons pub. The building was refurbished ensuring that the majority of original features remained intact, at least on the exterior!

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25.2 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 used the hotel as a base during the filming of Tomb Raider. A coaching inn has stood on this spot since the 15th century.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds)

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25.3 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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40.1 km

The Fox Inn, Ousden

Highlight • Pub

The Fox is a lovely and friendly pub. I enjoyed a fine pint of Greene King IPA which wasn’t a difficult choice - I was weaned on this stuff! There were a few locals already inside when I arrived and in the immediate absence of the Landlady, it was they who let me in and welcomed me. Others were coming and going and the atmosphere really was that of a public house in the true sense. With the sun streaming in, and a nice fire in the corner, it would have been easy to have stayed for “the other one” or two.

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46.8 km

Dalham Descent

Highlight • Cycleway

On the Dalham to Ashley road, you will descend or gain 188ft of elevation over a distance of about 1.25 miles, giving an average gradient of 2.4%.

If you're cranking out some mph, there is a give-way just before entering Dalham that isn't immediately obvious, and there are no preceding give way warning signs (that I spotted!).

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54.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.9 km

3.95 km

726 m

586 m

Surfaces

43.1 km