Tour of Britain Stage Six: Newmarket to Aldeburgh

8 September 2017 sees the return of the Tour of Britain to Suffolk. Stage 6 starts in Newmarket and will finish 183km later in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk Coast.

The stage will take in Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Eye, Framlingham, Ipswich and Woodbridge. Details of the exact route can be found on the Ovo Energy Tour of Britain website

Suffolk has a wonderful selection of material relating to cycling, including the cyclists in the Suffolk Regiment, the Framlingham Women’s Cycling Club of the early 20th century and the records of the Godric Cycling Club covering the period 1953-2013.

: Framlingham Women’s Cycling Club, early 20th century [K681/1/170/132]

: Woman posed with bicycle, early 20th century [K681/2/68/10]

: Long Melford Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, c1906 (HD1378/1/235)

: Cash Cycle Stores in Bury St. Edmunds, 1914 [KPF/Bury St Edmunds/311]

: East Anglian cyclists, Ingham, Feb 1916 (K997/65/8)

: Mr Rule senior,on penny farthing cycle outside newsagent’s shop in Broad Street, Boxford, c1935 (K681/1/50/4)

For more information about cycling in Suffolk, take a look at the Suffolk County Council website where you can find information about cycling to school, free cycle route maps and how to report a problem with a cycle route.