Cycle to the Wash
Go to online mappingFrom - to: King's Lynn to Shepherd's Port via Snettisham
Type: Quiet roads and some traffic-free sections
Surface: Tarmac
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This route explores the traditional cycling country of West Norfolk from the bustling town of King's Lynn at the mouth of the River Ouse, to Shepherd's Port. The first part of the route is traffic-free, followed by some sections on quiet roads.
Starting at King's Lynn railway station, the route takes you out of the town on a traffic-free path through parkland following a disused railway.
You continue through the woodlands of Ling Common, until you come to the attractive village of Castle Rising, with its impressive 12th century castle and 17th century almshouses, and on to the Royal Estate of Sandringham.
The route continues along the road to Snettisham, where this ride leaves the waymarked route and heads westwards for the coast at Shepherd's Port and the RSPB's Snettisham Reserve.
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