Suffolk Recommendations
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Hi Folks,
Looking for some help on places to visit at the end of September. Normally head to Devon & Cornwall but never been to Suffolk before. It will only be the OH and myself, plus our two dogs.
I have been recommended Aldeburgh & Southwold and areas to focus on as it will give good options to walk the dogs and places to visit.
Any recommendations from PH?
Thanks
Looking for some help on places to visit at the end of September. Normally head to Devon & Cornwall but never been to Suffolk before. It will only be the OH and myself, plus our two dogs.
I have been recommended Aldeburgh & Southwold and areas to focus on as it will give good options to walk the dogs and places to visit.
Any recommendations from PH?
Thanks
The Aldeburgh to Thorpeness walk is great - https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/app/uploads/aldebu...
Sutton Hoo - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sut...
Fish and Chips at The Golden Galleon - https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/food-reviews/2...
Adnams Tour - https://adnams.co.uk/collections/tours-experiences
This being PH, the East Anglia Trasnport Museum - https://www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk/ - and if budget allows, Lotus - https://www.lotuscars.com/en-US/factory-tours
Sutton Hoo - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sut...
Fish and Chips at The Golden Galleon - https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/food-reviews/2...
Adnams Tour - https://adnams.co.uk/collections/tours-experiences
This being PH, the East Anglia Trasnport Museum - https://www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk/ - and if budget allows, Lotus - https://www.lotuscars.com/en-US/factory-tours
Just got back last week
Stayed just outside Woodbridge, honestly I'd stay towards Woodbridge otherwise there is very little around.
Southwold is ok pier is a 10 minute thing seafront isn't a bad walk down to the river Blyth
Great food at the sole bay fish company
The high street is not great charity shops, sea salt, joules, white stuff and tea rooms and bakery's (two magpies very nice)
Framlingham castle isnt a bad hour or so
Dunwich heath nice place for a walk
Thorpness has the house in the clouds so it's maybe an hours walk around and an ice cream
Snape maltings nice shopping, arts and things
Woodbridge nice shops, good food at the unruly pig, Sutton hoo, the long shed where they are rebuilding the ship from Sutton hoo
Colchester, nice castle the rest of it meh.
Bury st Edmonds. Not a bad town Abbey ruins aren't bad but tie it in with ickworth estate just a few miles away
Ps roads are narrow and if takes ages to get places especially with the a14 roadworks and really thd only other road is the a12
Stayed just outside Woodbridge, honestly I'd stay towards Woodbridge otherwise there is very little around.
Southwold is ok pier is a 10 minute thing seafront isn't a bad walk down to the river Blyth
Great food at the sole bay fish company
The high street is not great charity shops, sea salt, joules, white stuff and tea rooms and bakery's (two magpies very nice)
Framlingham castle isnt a bad hour or so
Dunwich heath nice place for a walk
Thorpness has the house in the clouds so it's maybe an hours walk around and an ice cream
Snape maltings nice shopping, arts and things
Woodbridge nice shops, good food at the unruly pig, Sutton hoo, the long shed where they are rebuilding the ship from Sutton hoo
Colchester, nice castle the rest of it meh.
Bury st Edmonds. Not a bad town Abbey ruins aren't bad but tie it in with ickworth estate just a few miles away
Ps roads are narrow and if takes ages to get places especially with the a14 roadworks and really thd only other road is the a12
Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Tuesday 27th June 14:17
If your interested in military history there’s (was) the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters & RAF Woodbridge occupied by the USAF during the Cold War.
Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
TCEvo said:
If your interested in military history there’s (was) the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters & RAF Woodbridge occupied by the USAF during the Cold War.
Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
And the a14 at bury st Edmonds with a contraflow we were stuck there for 40 minutes with a crash that was in the eastbound but we were going west god knows how long it took to get them out tbh Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
Trustmeimadoctor said:
TCEvo said:
If your interested in military history there’s (was) the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters & RAF Woodbridge occupied by the USAF during the Cold War.
Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
And the a14 at bury st Edmonds with a contraflow we were stuck there for 40 minutes with a crash that was in the eastbound but we were going west god knows how long it took to get them out tbh Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
TCEvo said:
If your interested in military history there’s (was) the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters & RAF Woodbridge occupied by the USAF during the Cold War.
Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
Did Parham museum couple of weeks ago and can't recommend it enough for free it's really very good.Woodbridge is still MOD, Bentwaters is closed but has a very good, small museum, mostly covering the bases USAF use; with some outside aircraft exhibits – well worth a visit (check opening though): https://www.bcwm.org.uk/
Rendlesham Forest is nearby & has lots of walks including one that references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_in... which is fun.
There’s also Orford Ness which has a nature reservation (RSPB) and was a weapons testing site pre/post-WWII, fascinating place; you need to get a small boat over as it’s on an island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Dunwich Heath’s good for walking (and added bonus of Sizewell B power station).
BTW, depending on where you’re travelling from the A12 has long-term roadworks between Marks Tey & Colchester (both carriageways) – can cause huge tailbacks, especially northbound at the weekend.
https://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/
If you stay at Darsham the Fox inn does good food.
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