Local Attractions

Suffolk is an unspoilt county which was the inspiration of artists Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable. It is famed for its villages and towns of timber framed buildings and magnificent churches, such as Lavenham, Long Melford and Bury St Edmunds. There is the heritage coast with its attractive towns such as Southwold. The world famous horse racing town of Newmarket home of the National Stud. Not forgetting the well known Aldeburgh Festival. All within easy reach of Haughley which is in the centre of Suffolk. The University town of Cambridge is only 40 minutes away.

All of the links below are within 45 minutes of Haughley House


Bury St.Edmunds - England's floral town

Welcome to Lavenham

The village of Long Melford

The coastal town of Southwold

Aldeburgh and the world-famous festival

Newmarket - the home of horse-racing

The medieval town of Framlingham

Flatford Mill - the home of John Constable

Thomas Gainsborough's House in Sudbury

Ickworth House & Gardens

Harveys Garden Plants - further information here

The RSPB Bird Sanctuary at Minsmere

Dunwich - the village swallowed by the sea

Sutton Hoo - the burial place of an Anglo-Saxon king

Bressingham Steam Museum and Gardens

Beth Chatto's Garden

Helmingham Hall - spectacular gardens

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens

Lavenham
Southwold
Bury
Ickworth House
Kentwell Hall