St Edmund Way – 79 miles – 8 days – Manningtree to Brandon, via Bury St Edmunds. A Suffolk pilgrimage route via Dedham (East Anglia), Sudbury, Long Melford, Lavenham and Little Welnetham to Bury St Edmunds, where King Edmund is buried, having been martyred by the Danes in 869, and onward via Thetford, finishing at Brandon. This route follows several national trails, such as the Stour Valley path and Icknield Way.
