Kirstie's Guidebook
Music
Concert halls with world famous performances and a music school
Snape Maltings
Neighbourhoods
Nearest town with a Tesco’s and Waitrose. Great butcher, couple of pubs and cafes, bookshops, galleries, bakers and very handy hardware store. Good fish and chips.
16 locals recommend
Saxmundham
Nearest town with a Tesco’s and Waitrose. Great butcher, couple of pubs and cafes, bookshops, galleries, bakers and very handy hardware store. Good fish and chips.
Lovely riverside town facing Sutton Hoo on the other side of the river. Good shops, restaurants, pubs etc.
131 locals recommend
Woodbridge
Lovely riverside town facing Sutton Hoo on the other side of the river. Good shops, restaurants, pubs etc.
Framlingham
Ancient market town.
Eye
Medieval market town
Ufos
Famous for a ufo sighting there is a walk through the forest which is out of this world!
Rendlesham Forest
Sightseeing
Great village with a smokery, great pubs and restaurants, a quay, good walks and a castle.
Orford
Aldeburgh
Lovely seaside town with good amenities
Mock Tudor seaside village built in the 20s as a resort. Good pub and beachside cafes
70 locals recommend
Thorpeness
Mock Tudor seaside village built in the 20s as a resort. Good pub and beachside cafes
Lovely walk to a river beach where you can swim at high tide or rent a canoe to go wildlife spotting. If you are lucky you will see seals!
6 locals recommend
Iken
Lovely walk to a river beach where you can swim at high tide or rent a canoe to go wildlife spotting. If you are lucky you will see seals!
Helmingham Hall Gardens
Open days, garden sales etc
Beach and pier
It’s a great seaside town, you can rent beach huts, swim in the sea, play the slot machines, have fun on the pier, it’s where the Adnams brewery and shop is. You can walk to walberswick either over the bridge or get rowed over the river. Parking is terrible.
287 locals recommend
Southwold
It’s a great seaside town, you can rent beach huts, swim in the sea, play the slot machines, have fun on the pier, it’s where the Adnams brewery and shop is. You can walk to walberswick either over the bridge or get rowed over the river. Parking is terrible.
Walking
Great walk on the Sandy beach and a cafe … with a power station thrown in.
Sizewell Beach
Great beach and Heath walks and the lost town of Dunwich throws up medieval debris on the beach. They say you can hear the church bells ring under the sea.
55 locals recommend
Dunwich
Great beach and Heath walks and the lost town of Dunwich throws up medieval debris on the beach. They say you can hear the church bells ring under the sea.
The Sailors' Path
The old smugglers route from the river
You can walk from Snape Maltings car park to the medieval church at Iken that guards the river alde. Definitely worth it.
Iken Cliff car park
You can walk from Snape Maltings car park to the medieval church at Iken that guards the river alde. Definitely worth it.
At the mouth of the river alde with a Martello tower and remote artist community living in the coastguard cottages. Shingle, sea swells, bleak, otherworldly place.
36 locals recommend
Shingle Street
Unnamed RoadAt the mouth of the river alde with a Martello tower and remote artist community living in the coastguard cottages. Shingle, sea swells, bleak, otherworldly place.
Very special beach. Difficult to find with no amenities… beautiful and remote when you find it.
30 locals recommend
Covehithe
Very special beach. Difficult to find with no amenities… beautiful and remote when you find it.
Great beach and Heath walks
RSPB Minsmere
Sheepwash LaneDunwich Beach