Founded in 1966, Halesworth Art Gallery was created to promote painting and sculpture for the benefit of both visitors and artists, and all works are...

Market Place is enclosed by some of Southwold's oldest buildings. Among them, the Swan Hotel, which has been here since the 14th century, and “the...

Halesworth is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and its church is probably late Saxon in origin, with later additions. Among them, an unusual 18th-century altar....

The Cut is a community arts centre. Housed in a converted maltings, it is the only large community arts centre in this area, outside Ipswich...

Halesworth Museum is housed in a converted railway station, which is in itself worth visiting. The station, built between 1859 and 1888, has an unusual...

Walberwick National Nature Reserve is one of the most diverse in the UK. Here, plant life ranges from the acid-loving fenugreek and mossy stonecrop to...

Laxfield & District Museum is dedicated not only to the town itself, but the many communities that surround it and have relied on it for...

Southwold Harbour probably isn't quite as busy today as it was in the 11th Century when, according to the Domesday Book, it was a prosperous...

The Alfred Corry was Southwold's most famous lifeboat. Built in 1893, she was launched 41 times saving 47 lives, before finally being condemned in 1918....

Snape Maltings is a unique, mainly mid 19th Century, collection of granaries and malthouses close beside the River Alde near Saxmundham in Suffolk. The Maltings...

St Andrew's Church is half church and half ruin. Both date back to 1493 when the parish was rich and the church large, but in...

Run by the Southwold Film Society, this cinema offers a programme of classic films, old and new. It's named after Southwold’s first cinema, which used...

After Norfolk, Suffolk has more town signs than any other county in England. This one at Southwold represents the Battle of Sole Bay, fought just...

St Edmund’s is known as the grandest church in Suffolk. Unusually, it was designed and built quickly - between 1430 and 1490 - rather than...

This Grade II listed building houses unique local and natural history collections. Exhibits trace the town's eventful past from small fishing community to fashionable seaside...

This is the only amber museum in Britain, receiving over 70,000 visitors a year. Exhibits include artifacts, carvings, jewellery and objets d’art, both antique and...

Opened in 1900, Southwold Pier was built by the Coast Development Company as an embarkation point for its coastal steamers. The pier was partly...

Southwold is probably more famous for its beach huts than for anything else. Much photographed and much sought after, these glorified sheds can cost almost...

This traditional seaside boating lake has paddleboats and rowing boats for hire. A 1940s-style tea hut serves light lunches, cream teas, ice cream and made-to-order...

Southwold's golden sand and shingle beach is a frequent Blue Flag winner, which means it has met the highest standards for safety, cleanliness and sustainability....