Suffolk New Year Resolutions

1 Go To Newmarket

Visit the >National Horse Racing Museum and make sure you’re here early to see hundreds of horses out on the Gallops.

2

Enjoy An Evening On Ipswich Waterfront

Cafes, bars, restaurants, hotels… all by the water. It’s like Marseille or Monaco… but in Suffolk!

3 VISIT STOWMARKET’S FOOD MUSEUM

Check out talks, tours and demos that happen every day at the >Food Museum. Don’t miss out on the pathway which meanders along the River Rattlesden.

4

EXPLORE GAINSBOROUGH’S

HOUSE IN SUDBURY

A refurbished >Gainsborough’s House is now the largest arts space in Suffolk.

5 Visit Framlingham Castle

>Framlingham Castle was the inspiration for Suffolk super hero Ed Sheeran’s Castle on the Hill song about his adolescence in the lovely market town.

6 GET HIGH IN THE BRECKS!

Breckland in the north west of the county has the best overall climate in the country… yes, really! Why not hit the heights on the aerial ropes at >Go Ape! Before taking a relaxing walk or cycle in the country’s largest lowland pine forest.

8 Explore The Orwell Estuary

And take in the Shotley Peninsula and visit the Butt and Oyster pub at Pin Mill – the perfect place to sit, watch the boats and enjoy a fine local ale.

7 Discover The Story Of Edmund

At Bury St Edmunds, discover Edmund’s story, the king of the Anglo Saxons and the original patron saint of England, who refused to renounce his Christian faith when captured by Vikings and was tied to a tree, shot full of arrows and beheaded.

9 Drink A Pint Of Adnams In Southwold

Some people say you have to drink a pint of Guinness in Dublin where it’s brewed from the water of the River Liffey. We say the same about Adnams Bitter.

10 Go Birdwatching At Rspb Minsmere

Do so and you’ll be in the Dunwich Coast and Heaths AONB.

11 Discover Carlton Marshes

This lowland nature reserve in the Waveney Valley consists of meadows, reedbeds and woodland.

12 Cycle The Dedham Vale Aonb

This is Constable Country. The highlight is Flatford where you can see where he painted the Hay Wain.