LOCAL WALKS

Sudbury is situated at the heart of Suffolk & Nedging Hall Estate, meaning that there are plenty of trails & hikes to explore...

SUDBURY TOWN TRAIL

1. Beginning at the Brewery Tap, step out of our doors and take a right turn onto East Street

2. Follow the road until the Sudbury Arts Centre is reached at Market Hill

3. Take a slight right to continue down Market Hill

4. Upon reaching a fork in the road, take a left onto the Frairs Street (B1115)

5. Follow the road round passing the Sudbury Cricket Field to the left

6. Follow the road round to the left passing All Saints Church on Church Street

7. Follow the road round to the right, before reaching a junction at Cross Street

8. Take a left turn and pass over the bridge

9. Just before the overhead bridge take a right onto a footpath

10. Follow the path Northward until a right turning becomes available

11. Take the right turn and continue Eastward over the River Stour

12. After crossing the bridge continue in a straight ahead in a North-East direction, until reaching a bridge that crosses The Croft Watermeadow

13. Do not cross over the bridge, but continue onward with rivers either side

14. Pass Mill Acre to your left

15. Continue in a Northward direction then take a slight left turn upon reaching another bridge – do not pass over the bridge

16. Continue over 2 bridges into Brundon

17. After the 2nd bridge take a left turn in the direction of another bridge

18. Pass over the 3rd bridge

19. Take a right turn onto Brundon Lane

20. Follow the road until Brundon Water Mill & Millpond is reached

21. Continue over the bridge

22. Take a right turn off the road onto a footpath

23. Follow the footpath until Melford Road is reached

24. Follow Melford Road back into Sudbury

25. At the road-fork marked by St Johns Methodist Church take a right turn

26. Follow the road to St Gregory’s Church

27. Pass by the Church and take a left turn at the junction before School Street

28. Follow the road to the Gainsborough’s House

29. Continue back to Market Hill

30. Take a left onto East Street to return to The Brewery Tap

SUDBURY TO BURES WALK

1. Turn left to the Kingfisher Leisure Centre

2. Access The Gainsborough Trail: Meadow Walk through the trail station lorry park

3. Follow the footpath to the right

4. Continue crossing over the River Stour

5. Take a left just before Ballingdon St

6. Follow the footpath until Middleton Road is reached

7. Cross over the road & continue over through Meadow View Road

8. Follow the road round to the left

9. Turn right onto Pinecroft Rise

10. At the top of the playing field take a slight left turn through the trees

11. Follow the footpath South through the forest

12. Upon exiting the woodland continue along the farmland edge in the same Southward direction

13. Pass the industrial estate to your left and continue to follow the path South

14. After passing Thorncroft Farm crossover Church Lane to St Mary the Virgin Church

15. Pass the church and continue Southward until Little Hickbuch Road is reached

16. Take a left turn and follow the road

17. Upon reaching a left corner take a slight right turn onto Great Hickbush

18. At the end of the road take a by-path to the left of the collection of houses

19. Follow the footpath until a right turning across farmland becomes available

20. Cross over the farmland

21. Cross over a River Stour tributary and continue South passing through trees & Valley Farm

22. Upon an intersection take a sharp left onto Twinstead Road

23. Follow for a few hundred yards and turn right onto a footpath that leads along the hedgerow of farmland

24. Continue Southward following the path to the left

25. Take a right turning onto Henny Road

26. Follow the road and continue round to the left onto Bell Hill

27. Follow Bell Hill Road & Lamarsh Hill Road to Bures Hamlet

28. Take a right on Station Hill to reach Bures Station

SUDBURY TO LONG MELFORD WALK

1. Beginning at the Brewery Tap, step out of our doors and take a right turn onto East Street

2. Upon reaching Market Hill turn right onto Gaol Lane

3. Follow the lane until a T-junction is reached, here take a turn to the right onto Croft Road

4. Follow the road up to The Croft Watermeadows

5. Cross over the bridge & continue to follow the path keeping the river to your right side

6. Continue Northward, walking past the bridge to the right

7. Cross over the bridge at Fulling Pit Weir and continue in a North-West direction

8. Pass over another bridge and on the other side follow the path to the left

9. Continue over one more bridge leading into Brundon

10. Cross over Brundon Lane

11. Turn right into a forest area beneath a bridge

12. Continue Northward through the woodland

13. Cross over Mill Road and continue through the woodland until Borely Road is reached

14. Turn right and pass over the bridge

15. Passing Melford Country Park, follow the road to Long Melford

16. Take a left turn at Sudbury Road to pass through the centre of the town

[To return to Sudbury a bus can be caught from the Bull, Long Melford]