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Lavenham to Long Melford Railway Walk, Lavenham Guildhall

Linear Trail · East Anglia

200

XP

about 1 h 35 min walking

Easy
7.59 km
Linear
02:00
Graded from its length and climb.

Dasy walk from Lavenham to Long Melford, through woods and open fields, following the route of the old Great Eastern Railway line. You can return to Lavenham by bus, or re-trace your steps if you are able. Can be muddy and waterlogged through SSSI.

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193 m

99 m

4 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

38 m

Drop

65 m

Highest

82 m

Lowest

41 m

Main descent: km 7.1–7.6, from 63 m to 41 m.

How the 7.6 km splits

Flat

4.0 km

Climbing

1.4 km

Descending

2.1 km

Link it with other walks

St Edmund Way

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Countryside Walk, Melford Hall

Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 5.0

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Lavenham Woodland Walk, Lavenham Guildhall

Starts here too · Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.1

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Melford Hall to Sudbury Mill Walk, Melford Hall

Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 6.0

10.45 km

Orange Parkland Estate Walk, Melford Hall

Crosses at km 6.2, 6.4

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Blue Parkland Estate Walk, Melford Hall

Crosses at km 6.2, 6.4

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Windmill Hill Walk, Melford Hall

Crosses at km 7.3

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