Wolf Way bike-packing routes
Longer multi-terrain routes around Suffolk to be completed over several days. There are 3 options:
- The Wolf Way – Including seasonal ferry crossing – check the Felixstowe to Bawdsey ferry is running here
- The Winter Wolf Way – avoids the seasonal ferry crossing and can be ridden all year round.
- The East Wolf – Shorter loop around the East Coast of Suffolk
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Wolf Cubs – shorter day routes
These are multi-terrain routes designed to be easily ridden within a day or 2, and are easily accessed by train stations. They can be broken into shorter sections when several train stations are along the circular routes. There are 3 Wolf Cub routes available:
- Bury St Edmunds Wolf Cub – easily accessed from Bury St Edmunds train station , starts and finishes at the Wolf Sculpture in the Great Churchyard, and includes the Grundle Holloway.
- The Ipswich Wolf Cub – All year round route passing by 3 train stations, making it easy to split into 3 shorter rides.
- Woodbridge Wolf Cub – includes the same seasonal ferry as the full Wolf Way route, easily accessed from Woodbridge train station.
New Wolf Way Routes
We’ll post new routes here as they become available.
Our latest route is the Four-Ferry Wolf Cub – a circular mixed terrain ride which takes in all four of the Suffolk Foot Ferries, starting in Ipswich it follows quiet lanes and bridleways past Alton Water to Shotley where you take the Harwich Harbour Ferry to Felixstowe (via Harwich). You disembark on the shingle beach at Landguard Point and take a lovely cycle path through Landguard Nature Reserve and onto the promenade at Felixstowe, then on to the next ferry crossing at Bawdsey. The third ferry at Butley is the smallest, and most picturesque and can only take 2 people & bikes per crossing. The final ferry takes you across the harbour from Walberswick to Southwold.
The route goes by train stations at Ipswich and Halesworth making it easy to access via Greater Anglia trains.