Day One – Arrive & relax
Arrive at Bildeston, relax and explore the village. Once an important town for cloth, Bildeston is full of timber-framed cottages with fine plasterings and projecting upper storeys.

Day Two – From clock tower to church spire
A delightful day's walk through countryside dotted with interesting old cottages, houses and farms to Ash Street and then on to Hadleigh. Here you spend the night in a Viking Royal Town reportedly the 14th! most prosperous in the country at the height of the wool trade, as evidenced by the many fine buildings, the church and Guildhall.

Mileage: Min 6.5 Max 10 Overnight: Bildeston

Day Three – Medieval masterpieces
Today you'll follow the pathways to Kersey, the archetype of a pretty English village, its main street dominated by the 14th century church at the top, lined with historic houses and cottages, and completed by a picturesque water splash at the bottom. The day ends at Lavenham, where you spend the night amongst the multitude of half timbered buildings with walls at every angle.

Mileage: Min 10.5 Max 10.5 Overnight: Lavenham

Day Four – The garden path home
You return to Bildeston along green lanes and across the fields. Dropping into the Brett Vale, you visit Chelsworth, a picture book village with a host of pretty thatched, colour-washed cottages, houses and a pretty bridge over the river, shaded with beech and chestnut trees.

Mileage: Min 7 Max 7