St Edmund Way
A long distance path of 79 miles in Essex and Suffolk, St Edmund Way is a pilgims route from Manningtree in Essex to Brandon in Suffolk. During the course of the walk, Dedham Vale AONB, Melford Country Park, Bury St Edmunds and West Stow Anglo-Saxon village are visited. Maps, statistics and gpx route file for the walk are included.
Google Maps Open Source MapsStatistics and Files
Start: Manningtree, Essex
Distance: 79 miles (127 km)
Grid Ref: TM094322
Climbing: 859 metres
Walk time: 30-39 hours
Days: 5-8
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000)
184 Colchester, Harwich and Clacton-on-Sea
195 Braintree and Saffron Walden
196 Sudbury, Hadleigh and Dedham Vale
211 Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
229 Thetford Forest in the Brecks
195 Braintree and Saffron Walden
196 Sudbury, Hadleigh and Dedham Vale
211 Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
229 Thetford Forest in the Brecks
Summary:
The St Edmund Way is a long distance footpath which crosses much of Suffolk, using the Stour Valley Path (East Anglia) to Sudbury and Long Melford and then going via Lavenham and Little Welnetham to Bury St Edmunds, burial place of the martyr King Edmund slain by the Danes in 869, along the waymarked Lark Valley Path to the Icknield Way Path at West Stow before striking over the Brecks to Thetford and the Hereward Way. From the beginning of the walk in Manningtree the way goes via Flatford Mill, Dedham, Dalethorpe, Stoke by Nayland, Nayland, Wissington, Bures, Lamarsh, Great Henny, Ballingdon, Sudbury, Long Melford, Lineage Wood, Lavenham, Lawshall Green, Stanningfield, Cocks Green, Sicklesmere, Nowton, Bury St Edmunds, Fornham All Saints, Culford, The Kings Forest, Thetford and Santon Downham to the finish of the way at Brandon.
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