5 mile circular walk from the village of Lavenham
Parking in the lay by near the beautiful Lavenham church, its free to park there then walking down to the magnificent Lavenham guildhall. The walk heads off out to the east of Lavenham into the countryside along the gentle hills, woods and ancient tracks.
Our walk today was chilly at the start as it was about 3 degs, and in places quite muddy, the walk was mainly countryside views and also at times following along a river for a short stretch.
Along the route you will come across one of the walks highlights in the beautiful village of Brent Eleigh, the historic medieval church St Mary which was built around 1250. Its old door with its ironwork latch is probably the original one provided by the village carpenter and blacksmith back then, and the sanctuary handle is still fixed to it. When you step inside one of the first things you spot is the unusual box pews they are from the Stuart period, and behind the alter are 3 medieval wall paintings dating from around 1275, which were only found when they were uncovered during renovation work in the early 1960's.
On arriving back at Lavenham its was time for the mandatory coffee and cake hit, we had seen this quaint little place as we walk down the hill earlier from were we parked The Nook Readers Café And Bookshop, very nice place, not over priced so we treated ourselves to a cheese scone and a lemon and blueberry scone, both of which were exceeding nice.
With stops and a detour to view the grounds of a nice hall along the route, as a footpath just happened to pass through their grounds, we took 1 hr 50 mins to do the walk.
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