Heathrow Airport 1 hr 59
Little Hall Museum, Lavenham (9 min) Clare Castle Country Park Trust (18 min) Riverside park with various historical structures, including castle remains, plus ponds & paths. Hedingham Castle (25 min) Vast country estate with a well-preserved Norman fortress, picnic areas, a cafe and a gift shop. Abbey Gardens (16 min) Park featuring formal gardens, ruins, sports facilities, an aviary, light refreshments & toilets. Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford (7 min) Church, architecture, and history National Trust - Melford Hall (7 min) Tudor manor house once owned by the family of Beatrix Potter, with a tearoom and extensive gardens. Gainsborough's House (12 min) Museum covering Gainsborough's early portraiture and landscapes, later works, furniture and effects. Bradfield Woods National Nature Reserve (15 min) Nature, deer, and nature reserve Moyse's Hall Museum (18 min) Museum since 1899, in a medieval building, charting the town's early history & hosting events. Museum of East Anglian Life (34 min) Countryside museum of rural life with Abbot's Hall exhibitions, history talks and cottage tours. St Edmundsbury Cathedral (15 min) 16th-century Anglican church built on a medieval site, plus notable stained glass, crypt and font. Bury St Edmunds Abbey Gardens (15 min) Ruins of a Benedictine abbey including precinct walls, the great gate and church, dating from 1020. Lavenham Guildhall (9 min) National Trust-run meeting house for medieval guilds with a courtyard garden, tearoom and gift shop. National Trust - Ickworth House, Park and Gardens (22 min) National Trust-owned property with an ornate, domed rotunda and extensive art and silver collection. Kentwell Hall (9 min) Red brick stately home hosting historical re-enactments and events with parkland, gardens and farm. |