Cycle routes in the Broads
Explore the Broads on two wheels with a choice of 16 downloadable cycle routes, covering a variety of landscapes, villages and places of interest across the area.
Originally published on the archived Broads By Bike website, these routes offer plenty of inspiration for discovering the Broads at your own pace. Each route includes a downloadable map to help you plan your ride, with the original advertising removed for a clearer and easier-to-use guide.
The routes vary in length and character, making them suitable for everything from a gentle countryside cycle to a longer day out. Along the way, you can enjoy quiet lanes, riverside views, historic villages, nature reserves and welcoming places to stop for refreshments.
As some of the routes were created several years ago, paths, roads, facilities and access arrangements may have changed. Please check current conditions before setting off, follow local signs and take care when cycling on public roads.
Northern Broads cycle routes overview map
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01 Stokesby – visiting Runham, Mautby & Thrigby
An easy ride along quiet country lanes passing through the villages of Runham and Mautby.
02 Martham – visiting Thurne, Rollesby, West Somerton.
A longer ride with some sections on slightly busier roads, so potentially unsuitable for younger children.
O3 Clippesby – visiting Thurne, Fleggburgh, Filby Broad.
A shorter ride, but with one section on a busier road, so potentially unsuitable for younger children.
04 Clippesby – visiting Potter Heigham, How Hill, Ludham.
A medium length ride along quiet country lanes and ideal for a family picnic.
05 Horsey – visiting Sea Palling, Hickling, Potter Heigham, Martham.
A longer ride utilising part of the National Cycle Network along the coast between Somerton and Sea Palling, taking in Horsey Mill.
06 Hickling – visiting Sutton.
A short ride along quiet country lanes, this ride is suitable for the whole family.
07 Stalham – visiting Ingham, Honing, Worstead.
A longer ride, with a variety of potential starting points, along quiet country lanes apart from the short section through Stalham
08 Hoveton – visiting Neatishead, Barton Turf, Horning.
A pleasant ride along quiet country lanes starting from the cycle hire centre at Bewilderwood and passing through the picturesque Broads villages of Neatishead and Barton Turf
09 Horning – visiting Wroxham, Salhouse, Ranworth, South Walsham, Ludham.
A longer ride, mainly along quiet country lanes but with several short sections along busier roads.
Please note that, on this map, an alternative route is needed due to the Horning Ferry no longer being in operation.
Southern Broads cycle routes overview map
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10 Bungay – visiting Earsham, Ditchingham, Ellingham, Geldeston.
A short ride around Outney Common, with a spur to the Locks Inn at Geldeston.
11 Bungay – visiting Geldeston, Beccles, Barsham, Ilketshall St Andrew.
A good ride of 25 miles for a day outing.
12 Three River Loop – visiting Loddon, Reedham, Beccles, Geldeston.
You will see the three rivers Waveney, Yare and Chet as you go around this circuit.
13 Burgh St Peter Staithe – visiting Aldeby, Toft Monks, Wheatacre.
This is a short ride but has a number of points of interest and the option of a 1/2 hour walk to the river and around Aldeby Hall.
14 Burgh St Peter Staithe – visiting Aldeby, Raveningham, Thurlton, Haddiscoe.
This is a good half day ride with stunning views across the Hadiscoe,Thurlton and Burgh marshes as the river Waveney sweeps round in a big loop.
15 Yare Valley – visiting Strumpshaw, Cantley & Buckenham.
A short ride in the Yare valley combined with a visit to the RSPB nature reserve at Strumpshaw.
16 Whitlingham – visiting Caistor St. Edmund, Framingham & Bramerton.
Enjoy riding along the shore of the two new Broads away from traffic in Whitlingham Country Park plus the opportunity of exploring the Roman ruins at Caistor St. Edmunds.
Routes History
The first version of these routes was published in 2011 with funding provided by a grant from the Rural Development programme through the LEADER scheme. This booklet only contained 9 rides around the Northern Broads but was expanded in 2014 to include some routes in the Southern Broads. In 2017 Richardson’s Family Holidays, the largest boat hire company on the Broads, sponsored a complete refresh on the booklet with a third edition.
The collection of routes was ultimately expanded to include 2 more rides in the Southern Broads. Four Point Mapping provided all the complex mapping files of the routes themselves, based on Ordnance Survey data.
2026
The Broads by Bike website has been archived; the route pdfs have been included on our site to make sure they are still available for cyclists to use and explore.