Stately homes in East Anglia
Sandringham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE35 6EN
The country retreat of H.M. The Queen. A fascinating house, an intriguing museum and the best of the Royal gardens. Restaurant and shops.
- Rail station: King's Lynn (8 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
Market Place, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9QZ
An impressive timber-framed building dating from 1530. Originally the hall of the Guild of Corpus Christi, now a local museum, shop and tearoom.
- Rail station: Sudbury
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9AA
This romantic turreted brick mansion, home of the Hyde Parker family, features Regency, Georgian and Victorian interiors and collections of porcelain, naval artifacts and Beatrix Potter memorabilia.
- Rail station: Sudbury (3 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9EJ
An elegant country house set in a magnificent landscape. Explore 114 acres of vibrant colour, delicious scent and the simple pleasures of nature all year round.
- Rail station: Cambridge (6 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
St Cross, South Elmham, Suffolk, IP20 0PZ
South Elmham Minster, a ruined Norman chapel historic in a fortified enclosure, Historic house & landscape, café & B&B.
- Rail station: Diss (15 miles)
- Free entry
- Guided tour(s)
Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9BX
The home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950 with literary and personal effects on display. 3.5 acre garden.
- Children welcome
Oxborough, King's Lynn, Oxborough, Nr Swaffham, Norfolk, PE33 9PS
Oxburgh's secret doors and priest's hole make this a house of mystery and history.
Widdington, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3ZB
One of the finest surviving medieval barns in south east England and representative of the aisled barns found in north west Essex.
- Rail station: Newport (2 miles)
The Rotunda, Horringer, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
Ickworth is one of England's most extraordinary houses. A neoclassical mansion with its famous 'Rotunda', it was begun in 1795 as the inspiration of the 4th Earl of Bristol - the 'Earl-Bishop'.
- Rail station: Bury St Edmunds (5 miles)
- Parking: with charge
- Children welcome
Elstow Green, Church End, Elstow, Bedfordshire, MK42 9XT
Medieval Market house set on tranquil village green. Collection of 17thC furniture and items relating to life & works of John Bunyan.
- Rail station: Bedford (2 miles)
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Rochford District Council, South Street, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1BW
The tiny octagonal cottage based on the design of the 17th Century Dutch settlers must be one of the smallest and certainly most unusual 'council houses' in Britain.
- Rail station: Rayleigh
- Free entry
The Hall, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5QQ
Come and explore 12 acres of fabulous landscaped gardens, get lost for a while in our famous 1864 yew hedge maze and let our tour guides take you on a grand tour of Somerleyton Hall's sumptuous state rooms.
- Rail station: Somerleyton (2 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Crown Hill, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7HQ
The tiny octagonal cottage based on the design of the 17th century Dutch settlers must be one of the smallest and certainly most unusual 'council houses' in Britain.
- Rail station: Rayleigh
- Guided tour(s)
Newbourne, Mill Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4NP
Hall house with timber framing of c1480, Tudor brickwork, pargetting and plaster work of around 1600. Open by written appointment only.
- Rail station: Ipswich (10 miles)
- Parking: free
- Guided tour(s)
Haughley Park, Nr Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3JY
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.
- Rail station: Stowmarket (4 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
- Rail station: St Neots
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)



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