Heathrow Airport 2 hr 8
Chantry Park (24 min.) grassy expanse with football pitches and a playground sometimes used for large public events. Christchurch Park (25 min.) green oasis with a wildlife reserve playground and 16th-century mansion housing a gallery/museum. Does Field (12 min) Ipswich Museum (23 min.) journey from iron age to the romans and saxons plus mammoth head and 50-million-year-old geology. Easton Farm Park (22 min) seasonal petting farm offering 2 victorian cottages with warm decor plus a play area & a cafe. Framlingham Castle (20 min.) once refuge to mary tudor pre-coronation this castle offers magnificent views exhibits and events. Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm (17 min.) Christchurch Mansion (25 min.) works by gainsborough and constable a tudor kitchen and collection of victorian toys and games. Suffolk Coast U0026 Heaths Aonb (33 min.) diverse 155-sq.-mi. area with shingle beaches estuaries salt marshes farmland & forest. Jimmy S Farm U0026 Wildlife Park (25 min.) zoo Museum Of East Anglian Life (21 min.) countryside museum of rural life with abbot s hall exhibitions history talks and cottage tours. Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (13 min.) standard gauge railway museum with victorian rolling stock steam train rides a shop & an ale bar. Ipswich Transport Museum (27 min.) 90 historic vehicles such as local buses trams and emergency transport plus engineering displays. Sutton Hoo (32 min.) country estate with an edwardian house plus exhibitions about the excavated anglo-saxon burial site. Ipswich Waterfront (29 min.) developed boat dock area with lodging dining & cocktail spots plus a paved promenade. |