Mid Suffolk Footpath

The Mid Suffolk Footpath offers miles of gentle walking through the heart of the picturesque Suffolk countryside. From Hoxne the path mainly follows the valleys of the River Dove and the River Gipping, passing through Eye, Thorndon and Mendlesham on its way to Stowmarket. This route really does showcase quintessentially English countryside at its very best!

Distance: 20 miles

Mid Suffolk Footpath gold and red poppy waymarker disc

Waymark: red and yellow disc with name, yellow arrow, and red poppy logo

Start: TM184782 just north of Hoxne

Finish: TM042599 Stowmarket Greens Meadow

Gallery

view of a lane between green fields near the Stowmarket end of the Mid Suffolk Footpath
metal 5 bar gate in a hedge into a green field along the Mid Suffolk Footpath
grand old oak tree next to a lane in spring
sweep of ploughed field with trees along the horizon and lush grass in the foreground along Mid Suffolk Footpath
a path along the edge of a green field with high hedges and trees
stile and bridge in green meadow along Mid Suffolk Footpath
close up of white hawthorn flowers (may flowers)
a turquoise and brown speckled blackbird egg shell amongst some dry grass, found along the Mid Suffolk Footpath
close up of a black and yellow bumble bee on white hawthorn flowers
a piece of Suffolk flint ploughed up in a field
a red and yellow Mid Suffolk Footpath waymarker disc on an old wooden post in amongst grass and thistles