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St Edmund Way

Essex, Suffolk

127 km / 79 miles

A route across 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 (13 miles and included on OS mapping) to the Icknield Way Path at West Stow before striking over the Brecks to Thetford and the Hereward Way.

Publication appears out of print. Tracklogs route file available and marked on OS maps. Not a promoted route. Standard waymarking only.

Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Attributes:	Easy River
Start:	TM094322 - Manningtree, Essex
Finish:	TL784866 - Brandon, Suffolk
Web Sites:	Griffmonster - St Edmunds Way posts [blog] Annierak - St Edmund Way [blog] The Complete St Edmund Way - Joe Jackson (Youtube)

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.

**Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps):**

OS Landranger	144, 155, 168, 169
OS Landranger Active	144, 155, 168, 169
OS Explorer	184, 195, 196, 211, 229
OS Explorer Active	184, 195, 196, 211, 229

Other Paper Maps:

ZigZag 16 Stripmap

St Edmund Way 1: Manningtree to Sudbury (Yellow Publications - April 2016)

ZigZag 16 Stripmap

St Edmund Way 2: Sudbury to Bury St Edmunds (Yellow Publications - April 2016)

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

From
Path

Along
Path

Group Accommodation

Flatford Mill FSC

< 1 km

3 km

Group Accommodation

Tudor Hall at The Hall, Milden

4 km

57 km

Group Accommodation

Tudor Hall at The Hall, Milden

4 km

57 km

Bunk House

Old Brooder Bunkhouse at The Hall, Milden

4 km

57 km

Connected Paths:

E Routes

E-Route 2 UK Section - Middleton in Teesdale to Harwich

Paths Marked on OS mapping

Bury to Clare Walk Essex Way Hereward Way Icknield Way Path Lark Valley Path Little Ouse Path Stour Valley Path (East Anglia) Click to show 4 more Paths Marked on OS mapping

Other Paths

Iceni Way Nelson Way Suffolk Coast Walk Suffolk Way Via Beata Click to show 2 more Other Paths

Downloads:

GPX Route File

St Edmund Way GPX Exchange Format Route File

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MemoryMap Route File

St Edmund Way Memory Map Route File

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Tracklogs Route File

St Edmund Way Tracklogs Route file

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Route Profile:

127.4 km (79.2 miles)
1,170 m (3,839 ft) ascent
96 m (315 ft) maximum height

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