While you can enjoy the slower pace of life in the countryside, there's also plenty of entertainment on offer from village fetes and farmers' markets to fantastic cultural venues, such as the Cut in Halesworth, Bungay's Fisher Theatre or the many festivals at Henham Park, from Wings and Wheels to Latitude.

You are also rarely more than a 30-minute drive from the coast, with the iconic seaside resorts of Aldeburgh and Southwold to enjoy, or the renowned RSPB Reserve at Minsmere.

Suffolk is a mecca for food and drink and there are award-winning restaurants and pubs at every turn. Our Town and Village Guides provide a 'taster' of some of the eateries within easy reach of our Suffolk countryside cottages in such villages as Yoxford, Thorington and Bramfield, but there are plenty more to discover. Further afield, we have a number of cottages across the rest of Suffolk or Norfolk Countryside Cottages which may suit your needs.