Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of The Cedars Hotel and Restaurant

Mill Lane, Baylham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8LG, Tel: 01473 830264, Email, (4 miles, 7kms)

Working livestock farm. Friendly animals. Wheelchair access. Waterside walks. Picnic areas. Disabled toilet. Baby changing. Shop and café. Homemade food.

Helmingham Events Office, Helmingham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6EF, Tel: 01473 890799, (8 miles, 13kms)

A moated and walled garden with many rare roses and possibly the best kitchen garden in Britain. With a new rose garden and herb and knot garden created in the early 1980's.

Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1DL, Tel: 01449 676800, Email, (1 miles, 2kms)

Brook Farm, Buxhall, Stowmarket, Mid Suffolk, IP14 3DH, Tel: 01449 736363, (3 miles, 5kms)

Haughley Park, Nr Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3JY, Tel: 01359 240701, Email, (4 miles, 7kms)

A 17th Century brick and timber barn converted for use as a venue for weddings, meetings and other events. Approached though parkland and set in the gardens of the grade l historic house.

Barking Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8HG, Tel: 01449 720796, (3 miles, 5kms)

Crowe Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1DL, Tel: 01449 612229, Email, (0.9 miles, 2kms)

The Museum of East Anglian Life is a 75 acre open air museum, situated in the heart of Stowmarket. Consisting of 15 historic buildings and collections of over 40,000 objects telling the story of East Anglia through the ages.

Bradfield St George, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Tel: 01473 890089, Email, (8 miles, 12kms)

Bradfield Woods is a working wood that has been under continuous management since 1252, supplying local needs for pinewood and hazel products.

The Institute, Woolpit, Suffolk, IP30 9QH, Tel: 01359 240822, Email, (6 miles, 10kms)

A 17thC timber-framed building with one permanent display of brickmaking and other displays, changing yearly, depicting the life of a Suffolk village.

Wattisham Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk, IP7 7RA, Tel: 01449 678189, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Wattisham Airfield Museum houses an extensive photographic record, models, artefacts and memorabilia depicting the history and squadrons based at the station.

The Old Bakery, The Street, Woolpit, Suffolk, IP30 9QG, Tel: 01359 240255, (6 miles, 10kms)

An emporium of greetings cards and gifts including jewellery, accessories, ceramics, bronzes, toys and games. Light refreshments available until 5.pm.

Brockford Station, Wetheringsett, Suffolk, IP14 5PW, Tel: 01449 766899, Email, (7 miles, 12kms)

The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of a quirky Edwardian railway that served the isolated communities in the centre of Suffolk.

Combs Ford, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14, Tel: 01473 890089, Email, (0.4 miles, 0.6kms)

An ancient woodland, with blankets of wild flowers and a good spot for butterflies. Best time to visit is April-May.

Stonham Barns, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, IP14 6AT, Tel: 01449 711425, Email, (6 miles, 9kms)

An outdoor flying arena featuring frequent demonstrations of birds of prey in flight with many aviaries, red squirrel enclosure, information centre and a shop.

Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4LZ, (6 miles, 10kms)

Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8AS, Tel: 01449 724639, (3 miles, 4kms)

A large lake and nature reserve with picnic and play facilities on the outskirts of Needham Market with a surfaced pathway around the lake.

Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1AY, (0.7 miles, 1kms)

Blacksmith Road, Cotton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4QN, Tel: 01379 783350, Email, (6 miles, 10kms)

Fairground organs, music boxes, a giant Mortier cafe organ, the mighty Wurlitzer cinema organ, plus many bygones and curiosities.