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110 BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN

The River Cam and Constable Country

This glorious drive begins only 103 km (64 miles) from central London
but the places it visits are surprisingly rural, with a flavour and colour
that is distinctly local. It traces a route from the venerable university
architecture of Cambridgeshire through the unspoiled village greens of
Essex to the fertile countryside of the Stour Valley and Dedham Vale, just
straying across the border into Suffolk. Here are opportunities to explore a
landscape of timeless beauty, immortalized by some of Britain’s greatest
artists. In this part of East Anglia, history is everywhere present in the
ancient market towns, the villages whose cottages – many half-timbered,
thatched and washed prettily in pink – seem almost to
have sprung from the earth.
0 kilometres 5
CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGE KEY 0 miles 5
GRANTCHESTER
GRANTCHESTER Drive route
Fulbourn
Fulbourn
Barton Trumpington
Barton
Trumpington
CAMBRIDGE-
Great Great Hartest
Hartest
Cam Cam Shelford CAMBRIDGE- Stansfield
Shelford
Stansfield
SHIRE
SHIRE Preston
Preston
Thurlow
Harston Balsham Thurlow
Balsham
Harston
Lavenham
Sawston Abington
Sawston Abington West Wickham Barnardiston LONG Lavenham
West Wickham
Barnardiston
LONG
Glemsford
MELFORD
Foxton
Foxton Whittlesford Horseheath Glemsford MELFORD Monks
Monks
Whittlesford
Horseheath
Cavendish
Pampisford Linton Withersfield Kedington Cavendish Eleigh
Eleigh
Pampisford
Linton
Withersfield Kedington
Thriplow
Thriplow Bartlow Clare Clare Pentlow
Bartlow
Pentlow
Hinton
Haverhill
Stoke by
Duxford
Duxford Hinton Haverhill Stoke by Little Little Kersey Ipswich
Kersey
Ipswich
Belchamp
Waldingfield
Great Great Sturmer Clare Clare Belchamp Waldingfield Hadleigh
Hadleigh
Sturmer
Ickleton
St Paul
Ickleton Chesterford St Paul Chattisham
Chesterford
Chattisham
SUFFOLK
Ashdon SUFFOLK
Ashdon
SUDBURY
Helion Steeple Ridgewell SUDBURY Newton
Steeple
Helion
Newton
Ridgewell
Copdock
Bumpstead Bumpstead Bulmer Boxford Layham Copdock
Bumpstead
Bumpstead
Layham
Bulmer
Boxford
SAFFRON
Capel St Mary Ereston
Elmdon SAFFRON Gestingthorpe Capel St Mary Ereston Orwell
Elmdon
Gestingthorpe
Orwell
Raydon
WALDEN Stambourne Great Assington STOKE BY Raydon
WALDEN
STOKE BY
Stambourne Great
Assington
Hempstead Yeldham Chelmondiston
Hempstead
Chelmondiston
Yeldham
NAYLAND
Tattingstone
AUDLEY END Great Great NAYLAND Tattingstone
AUDLEY END
Radwinter Great Great HEDINGHAM Henny Higham
Higham
Radwinter
HEDINGHAM
Henny
Felixstowe
EAST BERGHOLT
Harkstead
Sampford
Wendens
Wendens Sampford Lamarsh EAST BERGHOLT Harkstead Felixstowe
Lamarsh
CASTLE
Ambo
Erwarton
Ambo CASTLE Stutton Erwarton
STRATFORD
Stutton
Bures
FINCHINGFIELD
Pebmarsh
Newport FINCHINGFIELD Sible Sible Pebmarsh Bures Nayland STRATFORD Brantham
Newport
Brantham
Nayland ST MARY
Debden
Debden Little Little Hedingham ST MARY Stour Harwich
Hedingham
Stour
Harwich
ESSEX
Mistley
Sampford
Wrabness
Mount
DEDHAM
Clavering
Clavering Sampford ESSEX Mount Great Great DEDHAM Mistley Wrabness
Bures
Horkesley
Horkesley
Bures
Halstead
Dovercourt
Lawford Manningtree
Widdington THAXTED Wethersfield Halstead Lawford Manningtree Ramsey Dovercourt
Wethersfield
THAXTED
Widdington
Ramsey
Mill Bay
Great
Great White Colne Mill Bay
White Colne
Bardfield Goafield Little Little
Goafield
Bardfield
Shalford
Bromley
Henham Shalford Earls Bromley Wix Wix Great Esbjerg,
Esbjerg,
Henham
Great
Colne
Colne Colne West West Great Great Oakley Hook of Holland
Earls Colne
Oakley
Hook of Holland
Bromley
High Garret
Broxted Lindsell High Garret Bergholt Bromley
Bergholt
Broxted
Lindsell
Colchester
Little Bentley
ACTIVITIES Colchester Little Bentley The Naze
The Naze
Tendring
Tendring
Go punting on the River Cam under the Bridge of Sighs
and along the glorious Cambridge Backs Below View across the mill pond on the River
Cam, Grantchester, see p113
Take tea at “ten to three” at the pretty village of
Grantchester, made famous by poet Rupert Brooke
Take your own snap of the village green in Finchingfield,
supposedly the most photographed in England
Cross the moat bridge to look around historic Hedingham
Castle and maybe watch a joust or two
Take a river cruise beside the lush meadows at Sudbury
Step into a gorgeous Constable painting by the House
on Water Lane, Stratford St Mary
Walk along the banks of the Stour at East Bergholt
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