WICKHAM MARKET Mentioned in the Little Domesday book as far back as 1086, Wickham Market village centres around the former Market Square from which pretty lanes lead out to the villages of Pettistree and Loudham. Don’t miss: Buying sausages at one of Suffolk’s best butchers, Revetts. Browsing local crafts in Inspirations. Walking through the lanes out to The Greyhound for lunch. Taking in the beautiful gardens of Pettistree. 9 holes of pay and play golf at Glevering Mill. Swinging into the Farm Café + Shop at Marlesford for an amazing breakfast.
CHURCHES OF THE SUFFOLK COAST Suffolk is home to many of the finest medieval churches in Europe. Some of the most spectacular churches are near the heritage coast and include Orford St Bartholomew – the church that Benjamin Britten loved, Woodbridge St Mary, overlooking the beautiful River Deben with its exposed flintwork and battlements, and All Saints church at Ramsholt, overlooking the estuary where, centuries ago, Richard III’s fleet would have moored. For a truly stunning setting visit Holy Trinity church at Blythburgh.
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The imposing building rises majestically out of the Blyth Estuary, the church and is known to many as ‘The Cathedral of the Marshes’. Nearby in Huntingfield is St Mary’s, famous for its ceiling which is highly decorated from end to end with carved and hand painted angels in dazzling colours. In Hollesley church you can spend a happy afternoon studying the curious wooden depictions of Aesop’s Fables on the pew ends, and St Peters in Yoxford is home to a fine collection of Tudor and medieval brasses.
