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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Haverhill and Bury St Edmunds.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Haverhill and Bury St Edmunds.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 2 people.
This route has potentially been flagged (2 times) for reasons relating to access.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 2
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1) Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Access (2)
Downloads - 4
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Haverhill
Grid Ref
TL6715145562
Lat / Lon
52.08319° / 0.43806°
Easting / Northing
567,151E / 245,562N
What3Words
kennels.irritable.squad
Bury St Edmunds
Grid Ref
TL8551564230
Lat / Lon
52.24499° / 0.71595°
Easting / Northing
585,515E / 264,230N
What3Words
booklets.glove.plastic
Havbur One's land is
| Haverhill | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL6715145562 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.08319° / 0.43806° |
| Easting / Northing | 567,151E / 245,562N |
| What3Words | kennels.irritable.squad |
| Bury St Edmunds | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL8551564230 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.24499° / 0.71595° |
| Easting / Northing | 585,515E / 264,230N |
| What3Words | booklets.glove.plastic |
| Arable | 82.4% |
| Green urban | 1.3% |
| Pasture | 1.7% |
| Urban | 13.7% |
| Woods | 0.8% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Robin Langdon
23 Mar 2026I walked this route in March on what turned out to be, quite a warm day. I walked from Bury to Haverhill.
As the previous reviewer pointed out this is mainly across farmland, not that surprising in East Anglia.
What I did not pick up from the review what the access problem was. I am sure they put it in but the details do not seem to appear on the review page.
At TL 767 490 just below Clopton Hall the route joins a lane and the takes a footpath heading east. The lane and the footpath do not join. There is a ditch and a hedge preventing you getting from the lane to the footpath.
The best way to avoid this is instead as the route suggests following a footpath round the back of Clopton Hall, stay on the road until you pass Clopton Hall. On the corner just after Chipley Abbey take the footpath across the field and rejoin the original route.
The first review said it was very muddy. I did not find this, though we had had a period of dry weather. Most of the tracks were clay that had set solid which meant you had to take extra care where the tractors had been driving. A can absolutely see if it had been a wet period it would be muddy.
Albert
29 May 2024The route wasn’t bad, it was VERY muddy, going uphill almost the entire time, and we had to walk through lots of farming fields. Apparently I managed to get a thorn in first 2 hours of walk and didn’t notice until I got infection
I recommend it if you have no more than 3-4 people in the group and you don’t mind getting dirty, tired and splinters in your heel, also bring food, drink and forget about the rest because the route doesn’t have any resting places. Personally I’d not recommend to walk there because its incredibly easy to get a thorn in the feet or just hurt yourself walking on these fields. It’s not that bad if that’s not your first long trip.
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