Cycling from Beverley (East Riding) to Wroxham (Norfolk)

[peterperkins]

After some advice from the experts on here.

I'm thinking of biking to see relatives in Norfolk.

Google Maps (cycle directions) makes it about 163 miles door to door.

I'm planning at least one overnight stop (possibly at Boston) as I'm not an experienced long distance cyclist. So that's about 80 miles per day. (I will do some training first to get my miles up)

Can I avoid the dreaded A17... Any advice on the route please. Cycle routes etc..

Thanks

[WinstonWolf]

You can get from Boston to Algakirk on the old road towards Spalding, you'll need to use a few short bits of the A17 to get across the Welland then there are lots of side roads that crisscross it to Kings Lynn. Once you get to KL it's pretty cycle friendly the whole way if you go through Castle Rising/Sandringham/Dersingham to the coast.

[burriana]

Try to do more on the first day. You will thank yourself for it on the second, and if you manage 90 or 100 on day 1, then you'll have a good night's sleep thinking day 2 will be a doddle

[numtumfutunch]

The Strava route plotting thing can be rather good at this
(Although it can also be a bit random)

It uses their heat maps to take you the way most people have ridden in that bit of the country

You put a dot on your house and then another where you need to be and "voila!"

Its free and non premium so worth a look

Good luck with the ride

[peterperkins]

Thanks for the ideas..

I note the A17 appears in a few section is there a cyclepath/footpath along those bits?

[WinstonWolf]

Not from Sutton Bridge to KL but there's an old road just past the swing bridge which goes through Terrington. This gets you to KL and lets you use cycle paths and cycle friendly routes as far as Castle Rising.

There is a two foot wide verge beside the white line on the A17 but you're mixing it with the HGVs.