Clare’s guidebook
Places To Go
Snape Maltings – this beautiful complex is three miles from Benhall and has a world-class concert hall, lovely shops, cafes (Café 1885 does good breakfasts and has an all-day menu), boutiques, antique shops, galleries, a lovely toy shop and beautiful walks around the reed beds of the River Alde and towards Iken. You can do boat trips from here but it’s seasonal and times vary so check in the craft shop at the Maltings. (IP17 1SR)
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Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings – this beautiful complex is three miles from Benhall and has a world-class concert hall, lovely shops, cafes (Café 1885 does good breakfasts and has an all-day menu), boutiques, antique shops, galleries, a lovely toy shop and beautiful walks around the reed beds of the River Alde and towards Iken. You can do boat trips from here but it’s seasonal and times vary so check in the craft shop at the Maltings. (IP17 1SR)
Thorpeness – about a mile along the coast from Aldeburgh is this pretty village built in the 1930s and centred around the meare – you can hire rowing or sailing boats. The Dolphin at the north entrance to the village has a nice pub garden.
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Thorpeness Meare
Thorpeness – about a mile along the coast from Aldeburgh is this pretty village built in the 1930s and centred around the meare – you can hire rowing or sailing boats. The Dolphin at the north entrance to the village has a nice pub garden.
Framlingham – this lovely market town is a great place to wander. There are several good antique shops, cafes (The Library is great for brunch, The Station for lunch) and a Norman castle. Leo’s deli is great for supplies.
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Framlingham Castle
Church StreetFramlingham – this lovely market town is a great place to wander. There are several good antique shops, cafes (The Library is great for brunch, The Station for lunch) and a Norman castle. Leo’s deli is great for supplies.
Dunwich & Minsmere are about 20 minutes up the coast with stunning beaches and an RSPB nature reserve.
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RSPB Minsmere
Sheepwash LaneDunwich & Minsmere are about 20 minutes up the coast with stunning beaches and an RSPB nature reserve.
Woodbridge – very popular market town on the River Deben with a Marina, Tide Mill, lots of pubs, antique shops and a well-serviced high street.
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Woodbridge
Woodbridge – very popular market town on the River Deben with a Marina, Tide Mill, lots of pubs, antique shops and a well-serviced high street.
Easton Farm Park – wonderful traditional farm that’s very well run. Always lots of animals to see, carriage rides, an indoor play barn.
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Easton Farm Park
Easton Farm Park – wonderful traditional farm that’s very well run. Always lots of animals to see, carriage rides, an indoor play barn.
Food scene
Aldeburgh – very popular seaside town above ten/fifteen minutes away with shops, cafes, pubs and famous fish and chips which you can eat on the beach or there’s a diner above the Golden Galleon half way down the high street (this gets as busy as the take-away though). Just outside the town is The Red House, where Benjamin Britten composed much of his later work and you can take a tour of his house and garden. (IP15 5AR)
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Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh – very popular seaside town above ten/fifteen minutes away with shops, cafes, pubs and famous fish and chips which you can eat on the beach or there’s a diner above the Golden Galleon half way down the high street (this gets as busy as the take-away though). Just outside the town is The Red House, where Benjamin Britten composed much of his later work and you can take a tour of his house and garden. (IP15 5AR)
Orford – typical English village with beautiful houses, a quay where you can take boat rides out to Orford Ness and a Twelfth century castle. There are a couple of pubs (The Crown and Castle is owned by Ruth Watson of Country House Rescue), the Butley Oysterage restaurant and Pump Street Bakery. Down by the quay there is also Pinney’s which has delicious smoked fish which is worth the trip to Orford alone.
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Orford
Orford – typical English village with beautiful houses, a quay where you can take boat rides out to Orford Ness and a Twelfth century castle. There are a couple of pubs (The Crown and Castle is owned by Ruth Watson of Country House Rescue), the Butley Oysterage restaurant and Pump Street Bakery. Down by the quay there is also Pinney’s which has delicious smoked fish which is worth the trip to Orford alone.
Two Magpies Bakery, Aldeburgh – local bakery with delicious food that you can eat in or take out.
181-183 High Street, IP15 5AL
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Two Magpies Bakery Aldeburgh
183A High StTwo Magpies Bakery, Aldeburgh – local bakery with delicious food that you can eat in or take out.
181-183 High Street, IP15 5AL
Golden Galleon, Aldeburgh – there are two branches of Aldeburgh’s famous fish and chip shops. This one has a diner above the take-away.
137 High Street, IP15 5AR
Golden Galleon
137 High StGolden Galleon, Aldeburgh – there are two branches of Aldeburgh’s famous fish and chip shops. This one has a diner above the take-away.
137 High Street, IP15 5AR
Pump Street Bakery, Orford – fantastic breakfasts and brunch – as well as shop selling prize-winning breads, pastries, cakes and other condiments etc. There is also a smaller branch in the foodhall at Snape which is much closer if you want bread or pastries for breakfast.
1 Pump Street, Orford, IP12 2LZ
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Pump Street Bakery
1 Pump StPump Street Bakery, Orford – fantastic breakfasts and brunch – as well as shop selling prize-winning breads, pastries, cakes and other condiments etc. There is also a smaller branch in the foodhall at Snape which is much closer if you want bread or pastries for breakfast.
1 Pump Street, Orford, IP12 2LZ
Darsham Nurseries Café – a favourite place to eat in the area. This is a lovely plant nursery with a shop and a really great café that specialises in local produce and vegetables from their own kitchen garden. Does regular supper clubs over the summer, breakfast, lunch and is open for dinner on Fridays and Saturdays but you usually need to book.
Main Road, Darsham IP17 3PW (just beyond the rail crossing at Darsham)
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Darsham Nurseries, Shop & Café
Main RoadDarsham Nurseries Café – a favourite place to eat in the area. This is a lovely plant nursery with a shop and a really great café that specialises in local produce and vegetables from their own kitchen garden. Does regular supper clubs over the summer, breakfast, lunch and is open for dinner on Fridays and Saturdays but you usually need to book.
Main Road, Darsham IP17 3PW (just beyond the rail crossing at Darsham)
The White Hart, Aldeburgh
Adnams pubs with a pizzeria in the garden. You can eat in the garden or take away.
222 High Street, IP15 5AJ
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White Hart Inn Aldeburgh
222 High StThe White Hart, Aldeburgh
Adnams pubs with a pizzeria in the garden. You can eat in the garden or take away.
222 High Street, IP15 5AJ
Wonderful newly opened restaurant set in a secluded 600 year old village pub. My favourite place to eat locally with lovely staff, excellent wine and exceptional food from an ex River Cafe chef.
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Greyhound Inn Pettistree
The StreetWonderful newly opened restaurant set in a secluded 600 year old village pub. My favourite place to eat locally with lovely staff, excellent wine and exceptional food from an ex River Cafe chef.
New-ish restaurant and bar (and hotel) with great, largely seafood based menu. Lively place with a roof terrace overlooking Aldeburgh beach.
The Suffolk
New-ish restaurant and bar (and hotel) with great, largely seafood based menu. Lively place with a roof terrace overlooking Aldeburgh beach.
Beaches
Southwold – lovely and very popular town with a busy high street and traditional beach. The Pier is very well organised with good cafes (the fish and chips are great), shops and quirkier additions such as the alternative arcade. In the summer there are normally horse and cart rides around the town. We love the Little Fish Shop (close to the Swan Hotel in town) and there is another branch – the Sole Bay Fish & Chips down by the harbour. You can also get a boat from the harbour over to Walberswick.
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Southwold
Southwold – lovely and very popular town with a busy high street and traditional beach. The Pier is very well organised with good cafes (the fish and chips are great), shops and quirkier additions such as the alternative arcade. In the summer there are normally horse and cart rides around the town. We love the Little Fish Shop (close to the Swan Hotel in town) and there is another branch – the Sole Bay Fish & Chips down by the harbour. You can also get a boat from the harbour over to Walberswick.
South Cove - Spectacular white sand beach. This is unaccessible by car so you have to be prepared to walk the mile or so to get here – but it’s well worth it. The beach is just up the coast from Southwold but very peaceful – with stunning marshes on one side and an endless sandy beach on the other. Follow signs to Cove Hithe from the A12.
South Cove
South Cove - Spectacular white sand beach. This is unaccessible by car so you have to be prepared to walk the mile or so to get here – but it’s well worth it. The beach is just up the coast from Southwold but very peaceful – with stunning marshes on one side and an endless sandy beach on the other. Follow signs to Cove Hithe from the A12.
Walberswick – very pretty small village with a beautiful sandy beach. There are pubs (the Anchor has good food), a couple of shops, a deli and a village green.
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Plage de Walberswick
Walberswick – very pretty small village with a beautiful sandy beach. There are pubs (the Anchor has good food), a couple of shops, a deli and a village green.
Shopping
New Street Market, Woodbridge – newly opened destination store with clothing, homewares, a flower shop, deli and café that sells Pump Street Bakery and cakes from local baker Rosa Farine. Not open on Sundays.
70 New Street, IP12 1DX
New Street
New StreetNew Street Market, Woodbridge – newly opened destination store with clothing, homewares, a flower shop, deli and café that sells Pump Street Bakery and cakes from local baker Rosa Farine. Not open on Sundays.
70 New Street, IP12 1DX
Saxmundham – This is our nearest town (turn right out of the main village entrance) where you will find two supermarkets (Waitrose and Tesco) as well as a chemist, post office, banks, cafes, doctor, dentist, newsagent, car wash etc.
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Saxmundham
Saxmundham – This is our nearest town (turn right out of the main village entrance) where you will find two supermarkets (Waitrose and Tesco) as well as a chemist, post office, banks, cafes, doctor, dentist, newsagent, car wash etc.
Children
Adventure Playground at Rendlesham Forest – a really brilliant free playground in the woods with picnic tables and tons of space for walking, cycling etc.
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Forêt de Rendlesham
Adventure Playground at Rendlesham Forest – a really brilliant free playground in the woods with picnic tables and tons of space for walking, cycling etc.