View from Bittern Hide at Minsmere by Geoff and Hilary Welch. Bittern by Chris Gomersall (www.rspb-images.com) Avocets – by Ian Barthorpe For a great day out in beautiful scenery, why not visit RSPB Minsmere nature reserve? The visitor centre includes a shop and tearoom, and there is an extensive guided […]
Year: 2010
Mildenhall
A small town with a very large RAF base; RAF Mildenhall, located immediately outside the town, is used by the United States Air Force. Mildenhall is most famous for the discovery, in 1942, of The Mildenhall Treasure. Now housed in the British Museum, the treasure is a hoard of Roman […]
Lowestoft
Lowestoft’s biggest claim to fame is that it is Great Britain’s most easterly town. Unlike Land’s End or John ‘O’ Groats, for many years Lowestoft did not really shout about this. Now the matter has been put right and you can visit Ness Point (the most eastely point) and see […]
Long Melford
Historic buildings, antiques, shopping, good food or fashion, the village of Long Melford has something to offer everyone. Set in the Stour Valley the area was much loved by John Constable who featured the River Stour in many of his paintings. Long Melford’s origins go back to medieval times. In […]
Leiston
Majestic in ruin – Leiston Abbey A short distance from the town centre of Leiston you will find the remains the 14th Century Leiston Abbey. In 1182, Sir Ranulf de Granville had established an abbey at nearby Minsmere. Minsmere however is marsh land and 200 years later after numerous floodings […]
Lavenham
Lavenham is probably the most beautiful town in Suffolk if not England. Time really has stood still here with the preserved timber framed buildings exactly as they were in the 14th & 15th centuries. Lavenham Guildhall The town’s history goes back a very long way with Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Roman […]
Ipswich
Getting to Ipswich Coming by road, the town sits on the A12 from London (approx 60 miles) and the A14 from the Midlands and the North. The town is well-served by railway with a regular service connecting to London’s Liverpool Street (just an hour’s journey). From the north and Midlands […]
Haverhill
A market town for over 1000 years and still hosting a provisions market on each and every Friday and Saturday. Recorded in the Domesday survey in 1086, but before archaeological evidence shows that both Stone Age man and later the Romans thought this valley was a good place to settle. […]
Halesworth
Typical Suffolk market town with a host of shops along The Thoroughfare. The town has a long history with the brewing industry, malting and agriculture. The market place boasts some of the town’s finest and most historical buildings. Worthy of a visit is the town railway station with its unique […]
Hadleigh
A royal town for the 9th century Danish King Guthrum, Hadleigh is today a busy, but still a beautiful market town. Guthrum had been captured by King Alfred, but pardoned on the cndition that he became a Christian. He made Hadleigh his home and lived there for 12 years. On […]