We offer walks in London and Home Counties, accessible by public transport.
Dave H.
The 'Gainsborough Line' which opened 175 years ago, is a railway branch line linking Marks Tey in Essex with Sudbury in Suffolk. We shall explore the countryside around this route, known to the painter Gainsborough, over four walks utilising the four stations along this line.
Pleasant scenery with much of the walk along the Stour Valley footpath. This section of the Gainsborough Line crosses the Sudbury Common Lands, a traditional pastoral landscape which has the longest recorded history of continuous grazing in East Anglia.
Use toilets on the train as there are none until the finish of the walk at Sudbury.
Lunch: Picnic only. Plenty of cafes and pubs at the end of the walk in Sudbury
Train: Liverpool Street: 09:02, Stratford: 09:09, Marks Tey: 09:57 (Ipswich train).
Change at Marks Tey for 10:01 arrives Bures at 10:13 (Sudbury train)
Buy return to Sudbury
Sit at front of Ipswich train as only 4 minutes to connect to Sudbury train!
Other Gainsborough Line walks:-
Sat, 29 June - MARKS TEY TO CHAPPEL - Mark B.
Sat, 27 July - CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE - Roger B.
Sat, 24 August - SUDBURY CIRCULAR - Nick W.
Bures Railway Station, Essex
Sudbury Railway Station, Suffolk
