Tour of Britain - Visit Norfolk

One hundred and seventeen miles of Norfolk's roads will be the route for the county's largest ever live sporting spectacle, as the Tour of Britain cycle race heads across Norfolk on Thursday September 16 2010.

The eight-day event will head through Norfolk at stage six on a tour route that has been chosen to highlight iconic and regeneration areas of Norfolk.

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The Tour of Britain is the UK's biggest professional bicycle race and a centrepiece of the British sporting calendar - with live Internet coverage, and television broadcast in more than 100 countries. The Tour is also the biggest free to spectate sporting event in the UK - attracting around a million spectators to the roadside.

The eight-day event will head through Norfolk at stage six - with some of the world’s top cyclists competing for the right to wear the yellow jersey as stage winner, on a tour route that has been chosen to highlight iconic and regeneration areas of Norfolk.

Over the past five years, Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champions have ridden the Tour of Britain and securing a stage of the race for Norfolk is a coup for Norfolk County Council - who has been in talks with the organisers of the race for around a year in order to bring the Tour to the county’s roads

Tour of Britain route through Norfolk

The race will begin from Tuesday Market Place in King's Lynn (pictured) on Thursday morning, taking in Hunstanton, Burnham Market, Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea, Sheringham, Holt, Aylsham, Norwich and Wroxham, before ending mid-afternoon on South Beach Parade in Great Yarmouth.

Find out where the Tour of Britain will be heading in Norfolk, download the PDF maps below:

Norfolk route (7.95mb)

King's Lynn & West Norfolk route (2.42mb)

North Norfolk route (3.31mb)

Broadland route (2.67mb)

Norwich route (5.89mb)

Great Yarmouth route (2.51mb)

For more information on the Tour of Britain in Norfolk, visit the official Norfolk TOB website.

Take in the tour and enjoy Norfolk whilst you're here!

If you're thinking about coming to Norfolk to see part of the Tour of Britain, then you've chosen a fabulous county to explore. From the tranquil coast, countryside, and The Norfolk Broads to the fun of seaside resorts and historic Norwich, there's plenty to keep you busy.

Why not bring your bike too and stay at one of the many graded accommodation establishments that cater for cyclists?

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