Page 113 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Great Britain

DRIVE 10: The River Cam and Constable Country 111

PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Cambridge to East
Bergholt.
Number of days: 3–4 days, allowing
at least a half day in Cambridge.
Distance: About 177 km (110 miles).
Road conditions: Good, well-paved
and signposted. Off the main roads,
lanes are narrow and can be busy.
When to go: Best from April to
October as the weather is generally
more pleasant and the countryside
green and blooming.
Opening times: Museums and
CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGE
attractions are generally open
GRANTCHESTER 10am–5pm, but close earlier (or are
GRANTCHESTER
Fulbourn
Fulbourn
Barton
Barton Trumpington closed altogether) Nov–Easter. Shop
Trumpington
hours are longer. Churches are usually
CAMBRIDGE-
Great Great Hartest
Hartest
Cam Cam Shelford CAMBRIDGE- Stansfield open until dusk.
Stansfield
Shelford
SHIRE Preston
SHIRE
Preston
Thurlow
Harston
Harston Balsham Thurlow Main market days: Cambridge:
Balsham
Lavenham
Sawston Abington
Sawston Abington West Wickham Barnardiston LONG Lavenham Above View across the graveyard to the windmill at Thaxted, built by local farmer Farmers’ Market, Sun; Saffron Walden:
West Wickham
LONG
Barnardiston
Glemsford
MELFORD
Foxton Whittlesford Horseheath Glemsford MELFORD Monks John Webb at the turn of the 19th century, see p114 Market (crafts, farm produce, etc), Tue &
Foxton
Monks
Horseheath
Whittlesford
Cavendish
Linton
Pampisford
Eleigh
Pampisford Linton Withersfield Kedington Cavendish Eleigh
Withersfield Kedington
Thriplow
Thriplow Bartlow Clare Clare Pentlow Sat; Thaxted: Market, Fri am; Sudbury:
Bartlow
Pentlow
Hinton
Stoke by
Haverhill
Duxford Hinton Haverhill Stoke by Little Little Kersey Ipswich Market Thu & Sat; Long Melford:
Duxford
Kersey
Ipswich
Belchamp
Waldingfield
Great Great Sturmer Clare Clare Belchamp Waldingfield Hadleigh Farmers’ Market, 3rd Sat of month.
Hadleigh
Sturmer
Ickleton
St Paul
Ickleton Chesterford St Paul Chattisham
Chesterford
Chattisham
SUFFOLK
Ashdon
Ashdon SUFFOLK
SUDBURY
Steeple
Helion
Helion Steeple Ridgewell SUDBURY Newton Shopping: Long Melford is famous for
Newton
Ridgewell
Copdock
Bumpstead
Bumpstead Bumpstead Bulmer Boxford Layham Copdock
Bumpstead
Layham
Bulmer
Boxford
SAFFRON
Capel St Mary Ereston
Elmdon
Elmdon SAFFRON Gestingthorpe Capel St Mary Ereston Orwell its antiques, arts and crafts shops.
Gestingthorpe
Raydon
Orwell
WALDEN
STOKE BY
WALDEN Stambourne Great Assington STOKE BY Raydon
Stambourne Great
Assington
Hempstead Yeldham Chelmondiston Major festivals: Cambridge: Summer
Hempstead
Chelmondiston
Yeldham
NAYLAND
Tattingstone
AUDLEY END Great Great NAYLAND Tattingstone
AUDLEY END
Radwinter Great HEDINGHAM Henny Higham Music Festival, Jul; Folk Festival, end
Radwinter
Great
Higham
HEDINGHAM
Henny
Felixstowe
EAST BERGHOLT
Harkstead
Sampford
Wendens
Wendens Sampford Lamarsh EAST BERGHOLT Harkstead Felixstowe
CASTLE
Lamarsh
Ambo CASTLE Stutton Erwarton Jul/Aug; Thaxted: Music Festival, mid-
Erwarton
Ambo
Stutton
STRATFORD
Bures
FINCHINGFIELD
Pebmarsh
Newport
Newport FINCHINGFIELD Sible Sible Pebmarsh Bures Nayland STRATFORD Brantham Jun to mid-Jul; Sudbury: Festival of
Brantham
Nayland ST MARY
Stour
Hedingham
Debden
Debden Little Little Hedingham ST MARY Stour Harwich Performing Arts, mid-Feb to mid-Mar.
Harwich
ESSEX
Mistley
Sampford
Wrabness
Mount
Clavering Sampford ESSEX Mount Great Great DEDHAM Mistley Wrabness
DEDHAM
Clavering
Bures
Horkesley
Bures
Horkesley
Halstead
Dovercourt
Lawford Manningtree
THAXTED
Wethersfield
Widdington
Widdington THAXTED Wethersfield Halstead Lawford Manningtree Ramsey Dovercourt
Ramsey
Mill Bay
Great White Colne Mill Bay
Great
White Colne
Goafield
Bardfield Goafield Little Little
Bardfield
Shalford
Bromley
Esbjerg,
Henham
Great
Henham Shalford Earls Bromley Wix Wix Great Esbjerg,
Colne
Colne Colne West West Great Great Oakley Hook of Holland DAY TRIP OPTIONS
Oakley
Earls Colne
Hook of Holland
Bromley
Broxted Lindsell High Garret Bergholt Bromley
High Garret
Bergholt
Broxted
Lindsell
Colchester
Colchester Little Bentley The Naze Cambridge merits the best part of a
Little Bentley
The Naze
Tendring day to tour its colleges, galleries and
Tendring
churches and picnic on a punt, then
head to pretty Grantchester for tea.
Below The Bridge of Sighs built in 1831, St John’s For quintessential England, see Saffron
College, Cambridge, see pp112–13 Walden with its quirky museum, then
tour the grand mansion Audley End,
the church of Thaxted, Finchingfield
village green and the ruins of
Hedingham Castle. Sources of artistic
inspiration abound here, from Long
Melford, with its two great halls linked
to children’s books, to the charming
villages of Constable Country, which,
with their cottages, churches, galleries
and beautiful scenery, have all been
immortalized in Constable’s paintings.
For full details, see p117.
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