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Leverington (Fenland)

Downham Market Town Clock – Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech loop from Leverington

Leverington (Fenland)

Downham Market Town Clock – Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech loop from Leverington

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Downham Market Town Clock – Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech loop from Leverington

02:11

56.2km

100m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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After 27.9 km for 82 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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27.6 km

The Seat Coffee House

Highlight • Cafe

Open Tues- Sat 8am- 4pm. Great coffee, cakes and savoury snacks. Gluten free friendly.

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27.8 km

Downham Market is a picturesque town on the banks of the River Great Ouse. Known as ‘Gingerbread Town’ due to the prevalence of local carrstone, it is one of Norfolk’s oldest market towns. Retaining an intimate feel, the town has many historic buildings, boutiques, antique shops, lots of places to eat and drink and some accommodation. Every Friday and Saturday, there is a bustling market.

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27.8 km

Downham Market Town Clock

Highlight • Historical Site

The Town Clock is a loved landmark at the heart of Downham Market. The cast iron octagonal clock tower, which has four faces and a pyramidal top, was made in 1878. Several plaques on it read 'Presented to the Town by James Scott 1878'. The tower has been restored many times over the years and is now lit with bright colours at night time.

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28.0 km

St Edmund’s Parish Church, Downham Market

Highlight • Religious Site

ownham Market's town centre is on a smaller scale than those of nearby Swaffham, Dereham and Fakenham, and here there is no great church lifting its head above the market place. To find the parish church of this interesting town, you need to head out to the east, where it is hidden from view by trees on top of a rise above the road to Swaffham. Here St Edmund sits, a pretty thing in gingerbread carstone, with an elegant lead-covered spire crowning its squat tower. You can see at first glance that this is by no means a grand, urban church. I was struck by how few gravestones survive in the churchyard. Carstone is notoriously difficult to date, but the low aisles and nave are essentially 15th Century I think, while the chancel is a 19th century rebuild. Set into the stone above the priest door is a crucifixion scene, probably from the top of a former churchyard cross. It all makes for an interesting building quite unlike that of most Norfolk towns.
Although there are exceptions, the parish churches of Norfolk's market towns tend to be High Church in character, even Anglo-catholic, and St Edmund is higher than most. The interior is rather dark thanks to a multiplicity of stained glass, but it was not gloomy, and the smell of incense and the view of the lighter chancel with its big six candlesticks on the altar was evocative and atmospheric. Essentially, this is a late 19th century interior, but there are a couple of important medieval survivals.

The most significant of these is the set of 15th century glass panels set in the west window below the ringing chamber. They include figures from the orders of angels as well as angel musicians, a fragment of figures rising out of the mouth of hell from a Harrowing of Hell image, as well as another fragment of the dead rising from their graves.

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30.5 km

The Chequers

Highlight • Pub

Large beer garden at the front overlooking the green, including a covered area.

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32.5 km

Landymore's Farm Shop and Tea Room

Highlight • Cafe

lovely place to stop for cake & coffee

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52.4 km

Wisbech Town Centre and St. Peter and St. Paul Church

Highlight • Settlement

Pretty market town with museums and a big church with gardens. Perfect place for a rest stop.

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52.7 km

Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech

Highlight • Historical Site

The Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech, commemorates Thomas Clarkson, a central figure in the campaign against the slave trade in the British empire, and a former native of Wisbech. It was erected in 1880–1881.

The whole structure is 68 feet (20.6 m) high. On three of the four sides are carved bas-reliefs, representing William Wilberforce and Granville Sharp, both prominent figures in the campaign against the slave trade, and a manacled slave. The fourth side bears an inscription to the memory of Clarkson.

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56.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.5 km

3.62 km

3.27 km

660 m

144 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

53.2 km

2.50 km

280 m

173 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Downham Market Town Clock – Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech loop from Leverington

The Seat Coffee House

Downham Market Clock Tower

Downham Market Town Clock

St Edmund’s Parish Church, Downham Market

The Chequers

Landymore's Farm Shop and Tea Room

Wisbech Town Centre and St. Peter and St. Paul Church

Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech

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