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I like the back-road from Sibton to Westleton - via Darsham instead of via Yoxford - for the lonely woods, the perky climbs and the little descent with the dirty r/h bend at the bottom. All very touristic; also the mysterious 'Dunwich 7' finger-post before you even get to the A12.
Dunwich was once as big as London, when they were both small, by modern standards. Maybe rolling East on the less-travelled, country road - avoiding Yoxford - helps you sniff the memory of the Lost City? There's more hills and the first section is very rough and dirty but it's hardly any further than going the 'easy' way.
It's only a suggestion. Anyone can go any way they like.
The route was much simpler in the 20th Century. Following the A1120 most of the way from Coddenham to Yoxford. In those days we rigged routing arrows in the Paris-Brest-style. Lots of people used to get lost. The arrows seemed to send them to sleep.
When the ride became free-to-enter and the arrows were dispensed with and it became more practical to use a less obvious route.