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WALK Key to Landscape Features You Will Need a Basic Understanding of Maps and the Ability to Follow Them ROUTE FINDING WALK Key to landscape features You will need a basic understanding of maps and the ability to follow them. The walks can be followed in either direction, but if you go in the same way as the Marpa arrows, you won’t have to turn the map around to fit the STATION TO STATION WALKS 13 landscape. TIME ICKNIELD WAY PATH Allow about 7-8 hours to include stops for refreshment and any exploring ‘off-route’; but experienced walkers Dullingham to Kennett may need only 5-6 hours. 14 miles - 7-8 hours MAPS OS Explorer sheet 210 Newmarket and Haverhill. REFRESHMENTS Pubs at Stetchworth ‘Marquis of Granby’, Cheveley ‘Red Lion’, Ashley ‘Crown’, Moulton ‘Kings Head’, Ga- zeley ‘Chequers’, Kentford ‘Cock’ and ‘Bell Inn’ - see websites for times.Shops at Cheveley, Ashley, Moulton, Kentford: Bury Road filling station and PO off Moulton Road USEFUL INFORMATION Icknield Way Association www.icknieldwaypath.co.uk National Rail Enquiries www.nationalrail.co.uk 08457 48 49 50 Traveline www.traveline.info 0871 200 22 33 Suffolk Passenger Transport www.suffolkonboard.com WALKS IN THIS SERIES THE PACK HORSE BRIDGE AT MOULTON All the stations on the Mid Anglia rail route between Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and Ely provide Waymarks along the Icknield Way Path feature a useful gateways to the countryside of Suffolk and East primitive stone axe, a reminder of the great antiquity Cambridgeshire. Visit of this landscape, much of which is now devoted to www.marpa.org.uk the horse racing industry. The Path is clearly marked and select Walks from the menu, then click on any of PLEASE FOLLOW THE the stations shown on the route diagram to see what by wooden rails and boundary hedges between the COUNTRYSIDE CODE: walks are available for free download. manicured paddocks, many of which are occupied Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs MARPA works to promote and protect services on the by the aristocrats of the equine world. Less glamor- Ipswich to Cambridge/Peterborough rail route. Contact: ous beasts of another age must have plodded wea- Leave gates and property as you find them The Secretary, 51 High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket rily across the famous pack horse bridge at the pic- Protect plants and animals and take your CB8 9DQ. email: [email protected] turesque village of Moulton. From the wide verges litter home MARPA is affiliated to the campaigning group bordering the road from Ashley there is a good view railfuture www.railfuture.org.uk Keep dogs under close control over the valley of the river Kennett towards Dalham protect rights of way and defend the Consider other people The Ramblers beauty of the countryside. Suffolk Area has seven local Hall and buzzards can sometimes be seen in the groups including Ipswich, Stowmarket and Bury St Ed- skies above. The information in this publication was, so far as known, munds. Contact www.ramblers.org.uk 020 7339 8500 correct at the time of publication. The publishers accept Mid-Anglia Rail Passengers’Association Walks no responsibility for any errors, omissions or changes in ©2015 Mid Anglia Rail Passengers’ Association (MARPA) in conjunction with Suffolk Area of The Ramblers. Selected by Roger Wolfe, Ramblers volunteer the information given. Map 13.1 Map 13.2 MOULTON CHURCH ASHLEY VILLAGE SIGN Mid-Anglia Rail Passengers’ Association Walks Dullingham to Kennett 14 miles - 7-8 hours www.marpa.org.uk.
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