MINI GUIDE Seaside Suffolk Sights & Activities
TRANSPORT R Fly to Heathrow with British Airways (from Dhs4,050; britishairways.com) or Emirates Airlines (from Dhs4,500; emirates.com). Take the National Express coach from Heathrow to Walton (Suffolk), located 4 hours aways (Dhs95; nationalexpress. com). For local transport information contact suffolkonboard.com or travelineeastanglia.co.uk.
WHERE TO T STAY STAY T Set in lovely gardens, Dunan House is a charming B&B with three guest rooms. The artistic owners have filled the house, which is a 10-minute walk from Aldeburgh beach, with artworks and colourful rugs. Breakfast is from local, wild and homegrown produce (from Dhs420; free Wi-fi; 41 Park Road; dunanhouse. co.uk). Sutherland House is a beautiful 15th-century house in Southwold, with pargetted ceilings, original elm floorboards and a
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The know-how FESTIVAL SEASON Don’t miss this year’s top events in Suffolk:
Latitude Held in Henham Park, this ever-popular festival has a great mix of music, literature, dance, drama and comedy including Kraftwerk headlining (18–21 July; latitudefestival.com). Dunan House is a welcoming retreat close to Aldeburgh beach
medieval window. There’s also an excellent restaurant serving local Suffolk food (from Dhs782; free Wi-fi; 56 High Street; sutherlandhouse.co.uk). A step away from Aldeburgh’s huge shingle beach, The Brudenell Hotel has 44 stylishly decorated rooms, many with calming North sea or river views. On summer’s rare sunny days, take your Suffolk sourced breakfast out on the seafront terrace (from Dhs1,000; free Wi-fi; The Parade; brudenellhotel.co.uk).
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Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival Expect tastings, workshops, cookery classes and lots of local organic produce (27 September–13 October; discoversuffolk.org. uk). Suffolk Herring Festival We can only assume this festival celebrates plenty of little fishes! (October; suffolkherringfestival.net).
Lavnham Literary Festival Famous authors will give talks and workshops and you can take part in a crime writing creative literature course (13-15 November; lavenhamliteraryfestival. co.uk).
TOP TIP Enjoy the salt air with a walk along a section of the 50-mile Suffolk Coast Path, which passes half a mile north of Aldeburgh. The route takes you through some stunning landscapes in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
FURTHER FURT R HER READING Lonely Planet’s England (Dhs95) has a chapter on Cambridge & East Anglia, which covers Suffolk. The chapter is also available to download at lonelyplanet. com (Dhs17). For information on attractions see thesuffolkcoast.co.uk. Composer Benjamin Britten hailed from Aldeburgh and this, his centenary year, sees a range of events celebrating his works, the most famous of which is Peter Grimes (britten100.org).
COMPILED BY NATALIE MILLMAN, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ETAIN O’CARROLL. PHOTOGRAPHS: SHUTTERSTOCK, CLYNT GARNHAM/LAMY, MICHAEL JUNO/ALAMY
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