Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of The Lindsey Rose
Abbey
Wattisham Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk, IP7 7RA, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01449 678189, Email
Wattisham Airfield Museum houses an extensive photographic record, models, artefacts and memorabilia depicting the history and squadrons based at the station.
Museum - Transport
Quay Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2AN, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 374 745, www.quaytheatre.org.uk/index.htm
Rural arts centre offering film and live entertainment, classes and other publicly available activities.
Theatre
17 Market Place, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9QZ, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 248417, Email, www.lavenham.co.uk/angelgallery
The Gallery, a splendid beamed area with historic arches, houses exhibitions by local and national artists.
Art Gallery
Bradfield St George, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01473 890089, Email, www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org
Bradfield Woods is a working wood that has been under continuous management since 1252, supplying local needs for pinewood and hazel products.
Nature Reserve
Children's Activity Centre
Barking Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8HG, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01449 720796
Lady Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9RA, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 248207, Email, www.southandheartofsuffolk.org.uk
Information Centre
Babergh District Council, Corks Lane, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 6SJ, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01473 826656
Lindsey, Suffolk, IP7 6QA, (0.3 miles, 0.4kms), Tel: 01223 582700, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk
The chapel was almost certainly built to serve the nearby Castle of Lindsey, the earthwork remains of which are visible some 250m to the south-east, and it was probably founded by the de Cockfield family.
Church
Market Place, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9QZ, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 247646, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lavenham
An impressive timber-framed building dating from 1530. Originally the hall of the Guild of Corpus Christi, now a local museum, shop and tearoom.
Historic House
7 High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9PR, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 247865, Email, www.crookedhousegallery.co.uk
The CROOKED HOUSE GALLERY is in the heart of Lavenham - a Suffolk village famous for its preserved medieval timbered buildings built by wealthy cloth merchants in the 15th century.
High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9PT, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 249451, www.paulevans-artist.co.uk
Further Street, Assington, Suffolk, CO10 5LD, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 210483, Email, www.artescape.co.uk
We offer a range of courses using a variety of mediums, including Water Colour, Pastels, Acrylic and Drawing & Charcoal workshops.
Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9BA, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 310207, Email, www.kentwell.co.uk
Moated Tudor Mansion 'a little great house of magical beauty'. Exterior almost unaltered. The present owners have recovered and extended the once noted gardens.
Group Visits
Educational Visits
12 High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9PR, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 249616, Email
The Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EN, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 881320, Email
Hadleigh Road, Lavenham, Halstead, Essex, CO10 9SA, (5 miles, 8kms)
Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Market Place, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, C010 9QZ, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01787 247019, Email, www.littlehall.org.uk
A 14thC hall house with a crown-post roof which contains the Gayer-Anderson collection of furniture, pictures, sculpture and ceramics. There is also a small walled garden.
Old Market Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1TL, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 881320
St Peter's Church
Coconut House, Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9JQ, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 466117, Email, www.thehuntergallery.com
Here you will find art and furniture from over thirty of Britain's most respected artists including a variety of decorative interior accessories.
The Granary, Quay Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2AN, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 313199, Email, www.riverstourtrust.org
Scheduled boat trips and private charters between Sudbury, Ballingdon, Great Cornard and Great Henny. Riverside tearoom with light lunches and home made cakes.
Boat Trips
Market Place, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5DN, (3 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01473 822544, Email, www.hadleightownhall.co.uk
Grade I listed building which has a number of magnificent rooms and hall available to hire including The Grand Hall, The Dining Room, The Old Town Hall, The Guildroom, The Council Chamber and a secluded garden area.
The Street, Kersey, Suffolk, IP7 6DY, (2 miles, 2kms), Tel: 01473 822092, Email, www.kerseypottry.com
Hand-made stoneware pottery all made and fired in Kersey, using all the processes of making craft pottery including throwing, turning and decorating.
Craft Centre
The Rectory, The Green, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DT, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01787 281836, www.suffolkartsociety.co.uk
Holy Trinity Church.
