Heathrow Airport 2 hr 10
The Ranch (10 min) Telephone Box (3 min) Suffolk Owl Sanctuary (28 min.) owls meerkat eagle and safari park Dedham Vale (29 min) scenic rural area of farms woodland & quaint villages with walking & cycling paths. Christchurch Park (34 min.) green oasis with a wildlife reserve playground and 16th-century mansion housing a gallery/museum. Hollow Trees Farm (11 min.) buy fresh farm produce and plants sip a coffee in the cafe or take a walk on the farm trail. Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm (22 min.) National Trust - Melford Hall (25 min.) tudor manor house once owned by the family of beatrix potter with a tearoom and extensive gardens. Gainsborough S House (27 min.) museum covering gainsborough s early portraiture and landscapes later works furniture and effects. Chantry Park (28 min.) grassy expanse with football pitches and a playground sometimes used for large public events. Museum Of East Anglian Life (16 min.) countryside museum of rural life with abbot s hall exhibitions history talks and cottage tours. Ipswich Museum (32 min.) journey from iron age to the romans and saxons plus mammoth head and 50-million-year-old geology. Christchurch Mansion (34 min.) works by gainsborough and constable a tudor kitchen and collection of victorian toys and games. Bury St Edmunds Abbey Gardens (27 min.) ruins of a benedictine abbey including precinct walls the great gate and church dating from 1020. St Edmundsbury Cathedral (27 min.) 16th-century anglican church built on a medieval site plus notable stained glass crypt and font. Ickworth House (34 min.) national trust-owned property with an ornate domed rotunda and extensive art and silver collection. |