London to Chelmsford Tower Bridge |
Wapping |
Limehouse |
Poplar |
Blackwall |
Royal Victoria Dock |
Beckton |
Dagenham |
Tilbury |
Stanford-le-Hope |
Basildon |
Chelmsford This route section is still under development. The route starts at the
Tower Bridge, then follows the north bank of the
River Thames heading eastwards, to
Wapping and
Limehouse before entering
Poplar and
Blackwall. Then it passes the
Royal Victoria Docks to head via an off-road route towards the
A13. It then joins the
Cycle Superhighway 3 beside the A13 to head to
Rainham, Greater London. On the
Thurrock side, some small sections of National Cycle Network Route 13 are open, but this is mainly a work in progress. The current highlights of the route are Grays Riverside,
Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve and the recently completed surfacing of the Mardyke Way (following the
Mardyke (river)) between Ship Lane and Stifford Bridge. The riverside paths on both sides of the river are spectacular walking routes, but they are not currently open to cyclists (with a few exceptions).
Chelmsford to Bury St Edmunds Chelmsford |
Colchester |
Sudbury |
Lavenham |
Bury St Edmunds | This section of the route is under development. Only a short section near Sudbury is motor-traffic free, following a disused railway route to
Long Melford. It then heads along the roads, to
Lavenham,
Cockfield, Suffolk, before entering Bury St Edmonds (via the small village of Rushbrooke). Some sections in the market town are motor-traffic free.
Bury St Edmunds to Fakenham Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
Thetford |
Watton |
Dereham |
Fakenham, Norfolk It then heads on mainly minor roads to
Great Barton,
Great Livermere,
Honington,
Coney Weston and
Knettishall. Where it meets Regional Route 30 from
Diss,
Mellis and
Eye. Then both cycle routes head towards
Thetford. After
Croxton, Norfolk, Regional Route 30 leads west to
Brandon, Suffolk. Route 13 carries on mainly minor roads towards
East Wretham and
Stonebridge, where it briefly meets and follows (for 3.5miles) the (long distance footpath)
Peddars Way. It then heads towards
Thompson,
Watton,
Bradenham,
East Dereham,
Gressenhall and
Brisley. After the small village of Gately, it meets
National Cycle Route 1 heading to Fakenham. A feature of this 30-mile signed route is that it passes through the distinctive
Breckland landscape of Mid-Norfolk. ==See also==