The leaves are turning brown and the days are getting a little shorter, but there’s still so many things to do while the sun’s shining in Suffolk. Wring out every last bit of Summer fun with our things to do…
1 Take a day boat out in the Broads National Park from Hippersons at Beccles. Head upriver on the Waveney to Geldeston Locks pub for a leisurely lunch.
2 Go crabbing in the Dunwich River at Walberswick and have lunch at the nearby Anchor.
3 Walk the battlements at Framlingham Castle where Mary Tudor was proclaimed Queen of England.
4 Take a vineyard tour at Giffords Hall.
5 Savour the peaceful atmosphere of RSPB Minsmere before lunch at The Westleton Crown.
6 Hit the heights with aerial adventures at Go Ape in Thetford Forest.
7 Go back to Anglo Saxon times at National Trust Sutton Hoo where the funeral ship and treasures of King Raedwald were discovered eighty years ago.
8 Discover National Trust Ickworth, an Italianate Palace set in over 1800 acres of parkland and gardens.
9 Visit Snape Maltings for its lovely riverside walks and great shopping and eating. Head to St Botolph’s Church at Iken along the River Alde.
10 Find out more about Benjamin Britten, one of the greatest composers of the last century, at his home, The Red House, at Aldeburgh.
11 Be adventurous in Thetford Forest with Explore 4×4.
12 See some of the 40,000 objects in 17 different buildings at the 75-acre Food Museum at Stowmarket.
13 Discover more about World War Two’s Friendly Invasion at Rougham Control Tower Aviation Museum.
14 Take a walk along the picturesque waterfront at Ipswich before lunch at The Salthouse.
15 Learn more about the famous English landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough at his birthplace in Sudbury. While you’re in the area head to the Mill Tye Gallery on the River Stour.
16 Choo choo! Enjoy a heritage steam rain ride with the Mid Suffolk Light Railway.
17 Step back in time at Helmingham Hall Gardens, with its spectacular Grade 1 Listed grounds.
18 Meet the polar bears and Arctic wolves at Jimmy’s Farm and Wildlife Park.
19 Discover Tudor mansions at Long Melford, National Trust Melford Hall and Kentwell Hall, with lunch at award-winning Black Lion.
20 Explore the Southwold Maize Maze and then have lunch at Southwold Old Hall.
21 Try Indoor Karting in Ipswich.
22 Get an adrenaline rush on a fast-paced boat ride with Jet Adventures at Blackshore Harbour, Southwold.
23 Get hands on and discover Suffolk’s Industrial Revolution at The Long Shop Museum at Leiston.
24 Visit the National Horse Racing Museum at Newmarket and explore the nearby countryside with lunch at The Carpenters Arms at Great Wilbraham or The Packhorse at Moulton.
25 Imagine you’re on the African savannah with animals roaming together, including majestic giraffes and heavyweight rhinos, at Africa Alive.
26 Take a walk along the prom at Lowestoft and discover the new East Point Pavilion or see a show at The Marina Theatre.
27 Get up close to nature with a seal watching trip from Harwich harbour or take a harbour tour at Felixstowe. And don’t miss Landguard Fort at Felixstowe.
28 Discover the mini castle at Orford and take lunch at the award-winning Crown and Castle. Oh, and don’t forget to visit the Pump Street Bakery and Chocolate shop.
29 Discover the 30-acre Green Trail at Easton Farm Park.
30 See the Suffolk countryside from a unique vantage point – from a hot air balloon with Bucket List Balloon Flights.
31 Try your hand at clay shooting, fishing, air rifle shooting and archery at High Lodge close to the Suffolk coast.
32 Learn more about the seaside town at Aldeburgh Museum, housed in the iconic Grade One listed, 16th century, timber-framed Moot Hall.
33 Discover the lesser-known wool town of Bildeston with lunch at The Crown.
34 Explore the riverside and working Tide Mill at Woodbridge before a leisurely saunter along The Thoroughfare and lunch at The Crown.
35 At Lavenham step inside Little Hall, one of the oldest timber-framed buildings in the best preserved of the Suffolk wool towns, and also the most photographed building in Suffolk, The Crooked House. Take a break for lunch at Swan Inn.
36 With children back at school, now’s a great time to take toddlers to Pleasurewood Hills at Corton near Lowestoft.
37 Head to one of Suffolk’s finest food shops, Emmett’s Smokehouse, Fine Foods Store and Café at Peasenhall, the oldest artisan ham and bacon producer in the UK and holder of a Royal Warrant for almost 40 years.
38 Explore the medieval and Regency delights of Bury St Edmunds and take afternoon tea at The Angel.
39 Discover owls, birds of prey and meerkats at the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary at Stonham Aspal.
40 Hire a Defender that you can sleep in from Landy Campers and discover hidden corners of Suffolk.
41 Take a tour of St. Peter’s Brewery, one of England’s original craft breweries, founded in 1996 in former traditional agricultural buildings alongside the moated St. Peter’s Hall, deep in the picturesque Suffolk countryside.
42 Have lunch at Suffolk’s 2024 Restaurant of the Year 2024 – The Lion at East Bergholt in lovely Constable Country. Also in Constable Country is the fabulous Crown Inn at Stoke by Nayland.
43 Visit Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve for some of the best birdwatching in the country.
44 Visit Troston for its parish church with rare mediaeval wall paintings, including dragon-slaying and the Martyrdom of St Edmund, before lunch at The Pear Tree Inn.
