Best of: Summer hols in Suffolk

Suffolk Punch Trust at Holesley. Lovely day out and my sister operates the café!!

Crabbing at Walberswick. Happy days.

Jimmys Farm, just outside Ipswich (Jimmy Doughty off the tv), wildlife and farm park, nice restaurant, farm shop, walks, animals, also Theatre in the Forest during July/August. Jimmys Sausage Festival takes place annually during July

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Rendlesham Forest. Lovely shade on a hot day and fab outdoor adventure play equipment.

Agar Fen- great for den building, picnics and wildlife. Assington has a good pub and farm shop too.

The new pier at Felixstowe will be open soon

Southwold. Pit Stop Cafe at the tennis courts has sandwiches, cake & coffee and loads of toys and bikes for the little ones. The beach, obviously. The Pier. The amusements, for a bit of retro entertainment. The lovely shops. Can't go wrong.

Easton Farm Park. Loads of animals to see, great playground and indoor cafe and soft play for when the weather is rubbish.

Framlingham Castle. Ed's 'castle on the hill'. They often have reenactment days and dressing up and sword fighting. The town is nice too.

Further up there's Lowestoft sea front which is quite nice. And just inland is Pleasurewood Hills theme park which isn't too bad.

Beccles for boat hire, which will take you along the broads and just up into Norfolk.

I'll think of some more in a minute but it's been a long day!

Thorpeness: you can always get parked and space on the beach, nice cafe & pub, boating, house in the clouds. I was amazed when I went to Aldeburgh with DS3 & his GF 2 weeks ago, he said he'd never been there before! We'd always gone to Thorpeness instead.