Guidebook for Suffolk
Essentials
Co-op Food - Southwold
2 Market PlaceTesco Express
Tesco Express
2 Queen StIdeal for those food essentials. Open 07:00 - 23:00
This is a small independent store with friendly local staff. Open from 06.30hrs - 18:00 Mon - Sat. and 07:00 - 17:00 Sundays.
Clancy's
1 Station RdThis is a small independent store with friendly local staff. Open from 06.30hrs - 18:00 Mon - Sat. and 07:00 - 17:00 Sundays.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Lord Nelson
42 East StTraditional public house
A traditional public house offering lunches and evening meals.
9 locals recommend
Sole Bay Inn Southwold
7 East GreenA traditional public house offering lunches and evening meals.
A traditional coaching inn, offering lunches and evening meals, prepared and cooked on the premises.
11 locals recommend
Queens Head Blyford
Southwold RoadA traditional coaching inn, offering lunches and evening meals, prepared and cooked on the premises.
Parks & Nature
RSPB Minsmere
Sheepwash LaneSome great birdwatching
Arts & Culture
Southwold Museum
9-11 Victoria StIn insight into Southwold's historic past
Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum Trust
A history of Southwold's lifeboats dating back to 1841
Adnams brewery & distillery tours are well worth the experience and sampling
21 locals recommend
Adnams Southwold
East GreenAdnams brewery & distillery tours are well worth the experience and sampling
Entertainment & Activities
Southwold Maize Maze
Halesworth RoadA great family run activity for all ages.
Southwold Theatre
Cumberland RoadWell known for their weekly summer productions
Southwold Golf Club
A well known 18 hole golf course
Learn to sail at their 'Beginner Groups' or team up as a crew member for their Sunday racing.
Southwold Sailing Club
3 Southwold HbrLearn to sail at their 'Beginner Groups' or team up as a crew member for their Sunday racing.
Food Scene
The Crown
90 High StFine Dining
Coasters
12 Queen StFine dining
Two Magpies Bakery Southwold
88 High StArtisan breads and cakes made on the premises
This is a traditional sweet shop with small restaurant at the rear, producing home cooked English food at reasonable prices.
Squiers of Southwold
71 High StThis is a traditional sweet shop with small restaurant at the rear, producing home cooked English food at reasonable prices.
Fine dining in the Stillroom restaurant, plus the Swan Taproom, which is a bar restaurant, both with separate menus's
17 locals recommend
The Swan Hotel
Fine dining in the Stillroom restaurant, plus the Swan Taproom, which is a bar restaurant, both with separate menus's
The Boardwalk
A mid-priced restaurant with all-round views of the sea.
Sightseeing
A trip up the lighthouse is well worth it, with sights of the local area, the Town and the Harbour.
21 locals recommend
Southwold Lighthouse
Stradbroke RoadA trip up the lighthouse is well worth it, with sights of the local area, the Town and the Harbour.
Still a working Harbour, with a mix of commercial and pleasure craft. There are places to buy locally caught fish, purchase fishing trips, river cruises, powerboat sea blasts, sailing or a leisurely up-river walk
Southwold Harbour
Southwold HarbourStill a working Harbour, with a mix of commercial and pleasure craft. There are places to buy locally caught fish, purchase fishing trips, river cruises, powerboat sea blasts, sailing or a leisurely up-river walk