Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Thorpeness Hotel, Golf & Country Club

c/o Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape Bridge, Saxmundham, IP17 1SP, Tel: 01728 687100, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Founded by Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh is home to a year round performance programme at world famous Snape Maltings Concert Hall, and much more.

Westleton, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3BY, Tel: 01728 648281, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Discover the incredible variety of wildlife present on the beautiful Suffolk coast as you explore a network of paths through woods, wetlands and heaths. There’s something for everyone, whenever you visit.

Snape, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1SR, Tel: 01728 688303, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Victorian Maltings buildings nestled alongside the River Alde, with shops, galleries, restaurants, river trips, farmers markets and world famous concert hall.

c/o RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, Westleton, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3BY, Tel: 01728 648281, (5 miles, 8kms)

Enjoy a stroll around this wild, remote Suffolk landscape, surrounded by wetland, woodland and coastal wildlife.

Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2ND, Tel: 0870 333 1181, (7 miles, 11kms)

Discover one of England’s most complete and unusual keeps at this fascinating attraction. The polygonal tower keep stands beside the pretty town and former port which Henry II also developed here.

C/O RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve, Westleton, Suffolk, IP17 3BY, Tel: 01728 648281, (0.7 miles, 1kms)

This delightful nature reserve is superb for wildfowl in winter, butterflies and dragonflies in summer, and breeding marsh harriers, nightingales and bitterns.

c/o RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, Westleton, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3BY, Tel: 01728 648281, (5 miles, 8kms)

Avoid the crowds and enjoy superb views across the Alde Estuary on this remote Suffolk heathland, surrounded by fantastic wildlife.

Unit 3, Richmond Old Dairy, Gedgrave, Suffolk, IP12 2BU, Tel: 01394 450732, (8 miles, 13kms)

Havergate Island is a nature reserve situated in the River Ore. A short boat trip away and something very different.

Leiston, Suffolk, IP17 3BY, Tel: 01223 582700, Email, (3 miles, 5kms)

One of Suffolk's most impressive monastic ruins of a 14th century abbey of Premonstratensian white commons!

48 High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5AB, Tel: 01728 453637, (2 miles, 3kms)

The Quay Office, Orford Quay, Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2NU, Tel: 01394 450900, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)

Internationally important nature reserve, with a fascinating 20th-century military history.

Gallery 2, The Town Hall Galleries, Cornhill, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1DH, Tel: 01473 432865, Email, (2 miles, 3kms)

The Suffolk Craft Society's Gallery 2 showcases a diverse selection of contemporary designer crafts, all made entirely by professional crafts people in Suffolk, and all for sale!

Dunwich, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3DJ, Tel: 01728 648501, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Remnant of the once extensive Sandling Heaths and one of Suffolk's most important nature conservation areas. Many excellent walks and access to beach.

The Orford Craft Shop, Orford, Suffolk, IP12 2LN, Tel: 01394 450678, (7 miles, 11kms)

Exhibits show progress in the underwater exploration of the former city and underwater studies off the Suffolk coast. Attraction is not suitable for small children. Data on coastal erosion.

St James's Street, Dunwich, Suffolk, IP17 3DT, Tel: 01728 648796, (8 miles, 13kms)

A museum showing the history of Dunwich from Roman times, chronicling its disappearance into the sea and local wildlife.

175 High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5AN, Tel: 01728 453 743, (2 miles, 3kms)

Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5BP, (2 miles, 3kms)

Park Road, Benhall, Suffolk, IP17 1JB, Tel: 01728 602510, Email, (6 miles, 10kms)

A retail nursery and garden selling almost 1,500 varieties of plants nestles in the warmth of the high wall of an old kitchen garden.