Discover the history and provenance of the stuff we eat at The Food Museum, the only one its kind in the UK. Study the development of the house, explore the collection and walk the walled garden at Little Hall Museum in Lavenham. Or enjoy big-screen blockbusters at the Royal Cinema in Stowmarket.
Book a half-day bird of prey experience at Lavenham Falconry, with six birds flying onto your glove. Take a circular walk and watch out for roe deer at Bull’s Wood Nature Reserve. Dig the sands in front of the brightly coloured beach huts at Felixstowe beach. Or ride past antique signal boxes and handsome bridges on the Colne Valley Railway.
Head to Hollow Trees Farm and follow the farm trail past llamas, goats, cows, pigs and cheeky chickens. Have a go on the mini tractors, brave the rope swings and race down the foxhole slide. Or milk a cow, feed the hens, ride a donkey cart at Boydell’s Dairy Farm, then meet the pigs, poultry, pony, donkey and llama.
Discover a fine collection of steam engines, carriages and wagons, plus a mini-rail, at East Anglian Railway Museum, and meet Thomas a couple of times a year. Burn off energy on the 90-plus trampolines at Jump Street. Or bowl the night away amid UV lights, neon pins and a groovy soundtrack at Tenpin Colchester.
The village is consistently voted Suffolk’s prettiest, so you might just want to jump aboard Shanks’ pony and potter around Chelsworth’s ancient houses and glorious gardens. Make sure to stop off for a pint in The Peacock. Elsewhere, discover seaside towns with pastel villas, clifftop walks, and countryside studded with stately homes.
Spin, jog and lift at Kersey Mill Fitness, then pile the calories back on in the beer garden at Nethergate Brewery. Get an adrenaline rush on the fast track at Anglia Indoor Karting and stick around for the laser maze. Trot the highways and byways with High Bank Riding School. Or take aim and fire at Wattisham Clay Target Club.
Shoot for the pin on Suffolk’s loveliest village course at Newton Green Golf Club. Hire bikes from Cycle Breaks and potter through half-timbered wool towns, timeless English landscapes and the villages of Constable country. Or walk the woodland trails through Groton Wood Nature Reserve.
Bring your rod and net to catch carp and silver fish on the two lakes at Middle Farm Lakes. Kayak, canoe and paddleboard safely at Paddlesports Coaching. Enjoy a dairy-free smoothie shot, tailored treatments and the hydrothermal-heated water mattress at Weavers’ House Spa. Or enjoy the gardens, bookshop and tea rooms at Melford Hall.
