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Drain parallel to River Lark
Under all that vegetation there is a so-called drain, running parallel to the river Lark. Actually there was no water in it at the time of the photograph.
Image: © John Goldsmith
Taken: 21 Aug 2011
0.14 miles
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Farmland by Thetford Rd
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 30 Nov 2019
0.15 miles
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Drain on north of Thetford Road
Hiding under all that vegetation is a (dry) drain, or rivulet. The view in the other direction is shown in
Image
Image: © John Goldsmith
Taken: 21 Aug 2011
0.16 miles
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Dual carriageway to Thetford
You can see that this road is not very flat. Despite not being very old, it seems to have suffered from subsidence and the Bury bound carriageway has quite an unpleasant dip in the curve behind the approaching cars.
Taken from the bridge over the internal sugar factory road.
Image: © John Goldsmith
Taken: 19 Apr 2010
0.19 miles
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Compiegne Way, Bury St. Edmunds
This dual carriageway links the A14 to the area north of Bury St. Edmunds, including Thetford. The vegetation each sides hides the sugar factory settling ponds - which explains the surprising signs beside the road, warning of deep water.
Image: © John Goldsmith
Taken: 6 Oct 2008
0.20 miles
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Field at end of Layham Drive
A 4 photo panorama.
Between the trees on the left can be seen traffic leaving Bury St. Edmunds on Fornham Road. The line of trees at the back of the field traces the route of the River Lark.
Image: © John Goldsmith
Taken: 21 Aug 2011
0.21 miles
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River Lark passes under Tollgate bridge
To the south west of this bridge the road is Fornham Road. To the north east it becomes Thetford Road. The river probably demarcates the border into the parish of Fornham. A public house one field nearer Bury is also called the Tollgate so clearly there used to be a gate on the main road around here. There is no trace of old stonework though.
Image: © John Goldsmith
Taken: 21 Aug 2011
0.22 miles
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Compiegne Way, Bury St Edmunds
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 6 Aug 2015
0.22 miles
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The River Lark
View from the bridge on Fornham Road, looking upstream towards Bury St Edmunds.
The River Lark is a chalk river and a tributary of the River Great Ouse. The river rises at Bradfield Combust, to the south of Bury St Edmunds, then flows through Bury, Mildenhall and Prickwillow before joining the Great Ouse south of Littleport in Cambridgeshire. It is about 31 miles (50 km) long, of which 10.1 miles (16.3 km) is navigable.
Image: © Richard Rogerson
Taken: 21 Jul 2026
0.22 miles
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River Lark with bridge
The bridge appears to be where Fornham Road becomes Thetford Road in the Tollgate area of Bury St Edmunds.
The River Lark crosses is a chalk river and a tributary of the River Great Ouse, The river rises at Bradfield Combust, to the south of Bury St Edmunds, then flows through Bury, Mildenhall and Prickwillow before joining the Great Ouse south of Littleport in Cambridgeshire. It is about 31 miles (50 km) long, of which 10.1 miles (16.3 km) is navigable.
Image: © Richard Rogerson
Taken: 21 Jul 2026
0.23 miles