Experience Diss: Zoolander

This is one of three routes starting from the Cycling UK EXPERIENCE hub in Diss.

Have a look at the other routes: Sands and trees and Two churches.

This route is entirely on road and so it’s suitable for any bike or level of rider experience. It’s short length and almost totally flat profile are forgiving of fitness and age and the fact it goes to a zoo makes it a fantastic option for families. It’s entirely on quiet back lanes apart from a 200m section of low-speed limit B road and a crossing of the same B road a few km later. It’s certainly not short of interest though with stories of Royal Tudor intrigue, princesses and treason at Kenninghall and secret World War II mission disasters that changed the course of US presidential history at Fersfield. There are pubs and shops at Kenninghall and Banham too so you won’t go hungry or thirsty enroute either.

The development of these routes has been funded through EXPERIENCE, a €23.3 million project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF, €16 million) through the Interreg VA France (Channel) England Programme 2014-2020, boosting visitor numbers in six pilot regions across England and France. This project will harness the experiential tourism trend to extend the season (October – March), generating 20 million new off-season visitors spending €1 billion across the Channel region by June 2023.