Below are a few thoughts on places surrounding Southwold that might be of interest.

• Minsmere – One of the best bird reserves in the UK.
• Shingle Street – Fantastic shingle beach for bracing walks.
• Visit some of the best churches in the UK on your doorstep – Blythburgh "The Cathedral of the Marshes", Southwold, and many others in pretty villages within 20 miles.
• Halesworth – An interesting working market town with a new arts centre called The New Cut – Great events.
• Woodbridge – Lovely high street with interesting shops and eating places. Cinema. Windmill outside the town.
• Aldeburgh – Stylish holiday town, good shops, eating out in restaurants and hotels. Cinema. Controversial Maggie Hambling sculpture on the beach, Moot Hall, Aldeburgh festival at Snape Maltings.
• Orford – Famous Butley Oysterage Restaurant, Crown and Castle hotel, the Castle, the Quay where you can take boat trips
• Walberswick – the green, the beach, the marshes and two good pubs.
• Dunwich – The lost medieval city. Great fish and chips on the beach and a nice pub, The Ship.
• Take a drive and see some very pretty Suffolk villages.
• Beccles – A nice market town on the River Waveney with access to the Norfolk Broads.
• Bungay – A historic town, interesting architecture, cinema.
• Framlingham – Castle, Market town.
• Golf – Several courses nearby as well as Southwold Golf Club!