Norwich:
- county town of Norfolk and one of England’s best preserved medieval cities
- Splendid Cathedral
- Sainsbury Centre for Modern Art (Norman Foster designed)
- The Forum – state of the art new Library & Media centre
- Norman Castle – Keep & Museum
- Historic buildings, parks, churches
- Maze of streets and lanes
- Shopping malls / Good individual shopping
- Famous outdoor market
- Arts and entertainment/Cinemas & Theatres
Great Yarmouth
Amusement arcades & games. Pleasure Beach rides. Family entertainment although a disappointing destination otherwise! Sea Life Centre aquarium. Race-course.
Ipswich:
- County town of Suffolk.
- Historic wet dock – maritime heritage
- Medieval churches
- 16th century Christchurch Mansion
- Tolly Cobbold Brewery.
- Magnificent Parks.
- Shopping.
- Arts and entertainment/Cinemas & Theatres
Orford:
- Orford Castle. Boat trips.
- Famous seafood – ‘The Butlery at Orford’
- Orford Ness – Nature Reserve (longest vegetated shingle spit in Europe) with de-classified military installations
- (development of radar). Accessible by boat from Orford Quay.
Woodbridge:
- on River Deben Once noted for ship building and sail making
- Now an attractive town – pedestrianised centre & narrow streets
- Good shops – Antiques. Tide Mill on quayside – functioning up to1957.
- Suffolk Punch Horse Museum.
- Cinema
- Nearby is family-orientated Easton Farm Park.
On opposite bank is Sutton Hoo (National Trust)
Sutton Hoo:
Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial Site (National Trust) where treasures were only unearthed in 1939.
Bressingham:
Alan Bloom’s Dell Garden, Adrain Bloom’s Foggy Bottom Garden & Steam Centre
Stanton:
Wyken Hall – Elizabethan manor house, vineyard, gardens. Restaurant in 16th barn.
Banham:
Banham Zoo. Sunday Car Boot sale.
