Heathrow Airport 2 hr 4
Lavenham Guildhall (5 min.) national trust-run meeting house for medieval guilds with a courtyard garden tearoom and gift shop. Dedham Vale (25 min) scenic rural area of farms woodland & quaint villages with walking & cycling paths. Gainsborough S House (16 min.) museum covering gainsborough s early portraiture and landscapes later works furniture and effects. St Edmundsbury Cathedral (24 min.) 16th-century anglican church built on a medieval site plus notable stained glass crypt and font. Museum Of East Anglian Life (28 min.) countryside museum of rural life with abbot s hall exhibitions history talks and cottage tours. Hedingham Castle (28 min.) vast country estate with a well-preserved norman fortress picnic areas a cafe and a gift shop. Hollow Trees Farm (7 min.) buy fresh farm produce and plants sip a coffee in the cafe or take a walk on the farm trail. Little Hall Museum (5 min.) museum Bury St Edmunds Abbey Gardens (24 min.) ruins of a benedictine abbey including precinct walls the great gate and church dating from 1020. Ickworth House (31 min.) national trust-owned property with an ornate domed rotunda and extensive art and silver collection. Flatford Mill (34 min.) early-1700s riverside mill once owned by family of artist john constable & used in his paintings. East Anglian Railway Museum (33 min.) original victorian buildings housing railway memorabilia plus a functioning restoration workshop. Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm (26 min.) National Trust - Melford Hall (14 min.) tudor manor house once owned by the family of beatrix potter with a tearoom and extensive gardens. |