Heathrow Airport 2 hr 16
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum (13 min) Holywells Park (28 min) This historic park features trees, ponds, a visitor centre, a maze, an open-air theatre & more. Orford Castle (22 min) Unique polygonal tower keep built by Henry II, with a chapel/kitchen/other chambers in the turrets. Rendlesham Forest (19 min) Leafy recreational space with walking, cycling & orienteering trails, plus play & picnic areas. Christchurch Park (25 min) Green oasis with a wildlife reserve, playground and 16th-century mansion housing a gallery/museum. National Trust - Sutton Hoo (12 min) Country estate with an Edwardian house plus exhibitions about the excavated Anglo-Saxon burial site. Easton Farm Park (9 min) Seasonal petting farm offering 2 Victorian cottages with warm decor, plus a play area & a cafe. Ipswich Museum (26 min) Journey from Iron Age to the Romans and Saxons, plus mammoth head and 50-million-year-old geology. Orford Ness (24 min) Peninsula & designated National Nature Reserve with fragile habitats & a lighthouse from 1792. Framlingham Castle (15 min) Once refuge to Mary Tudor pre-coronation, this castle offers magnificent views, exhibits and events. Ipswich Transport Museum (24 min) 90 historic vehicles such as local buses, trams and emergency transport plus engineering displays. Christchurch Mansion (25 min) Works by Gainsborough and Constable, a Tudor kitchen and collection of Victorian toys and games. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB (11 min) Diverse 155-sq.-mi. area with shingle beaches, estuaries, salt marshes, farmland & forest. Suffolk Owl Sanctuary (26 min) Owls, meerkat, and hawk Snape Maltings (18 min) Center of music, independent shops, galleries & eateries set in re-purposed Victorian buildings. |