Iceni Way
The Iceni Way is a long-distance walking route primarily in Norfolk and its borders: it runs along the northern parts of Suffolk and then across the western side of Norfolk, south to north. It is not a waymarked path nor a mapped path is a route assembled from a number of footpaths and bridleways across the county.
The starting point for the Iceni Way is on Knettishall Heath in Suffolk, near the border town of Thetford, whence it runs west then north to finish at Hunstanton on the Wash on Norfolk's north coast. It thus has the same start and finish as the long-established Peddars Way, but takes a more westerly route, by way of the Little Ouse, which forms the border of the two counties, and then that of Norfolk with Cambridgeshire, and then along Great Ouse to the Wash.
The name of the route comes from the Iceni tribe who once ruled over Norfolk and parts of Suffolk.
Linking paths
There are links with the Fen Rivers Way, the Hereward Way, the Icknield Way Path (which begins or ends at Knettishall Heath), the Little Ouse Path and the Nar Valley Way, as well as the Peddars Way. At Hunstanton the Iceni Way meets the beginning of the Norfolk Coast Path.
Trailheads
- Knettishall Heath, Suffolk: 52°23’17"N, 0°52’1"E
- Hunstanton, Norfolk: 52°56’24"N, -0°29’10"E
Outside links
- The Iceni Way on the Long Distance Walkers' Association