Top Things to do in Suffolk
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What to do and see in Suffolk, England: The Best Things to do
Discover the best top things to do in Suffolk, United Kingdom including Greene King Brewery, Africa Alive!, Christchurch Park, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich Transport Museum, Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm, Hollow Trees Farm Shop, Ipswich Waterfront, Regent Theatre, The Church of Saint Andrew Covehithe.
Restaurants in Suffolk
1. Greene King Brewery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 795 reviews
Walk, Talk and Tasting Tour Join us as we walk through Greene King’s history discovering our oldest buildings and finding out what they have been used for throughout time. Our knowledgeable guides will tell you everything you need to know about Greene King and how our beers are made. Back in our café you will be able to watch a virtual tour of our brewery and enjoy a tutored tasting of our beers brewed here in Bury St Edmunds and Belhaven Brewery in Dunbar. Find out how we make our beers and what goes in to them to give that distinctive taste. We also have a delicious new beer-based condiment range to taste, featuring a chutney, mustard & marmalade all made by our friends at Scarlett & Mustard with Greene King and Belhaven Beer. You will receive a free bottle of beer to take away and a 10% off voucher to spend in the café and the shop on the day. We have a max of 6 on a tour and will ensure you are all socially distanced feel safe by following all current government guidelines
Reviewed By Francaise64
Great tour, and very well curated by Steve, our tour guide...fascinating history and delicious beer tasting session to complete our outing. Highly recommended.
2. Africa Alive!
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,739 reviews
Explore the sights and sounds of Africa and discover lions, giraffes, rhinos, meerkats, hunting dogs and many more animals from the African continent. The spectacular centrepiece of Africa Alive!, our "Plains of Africa" paddock, is the perfect place to spot 5 species of African savannah animals, including our graceful giraffe and heavyweight rhinos. Enjoy a bird's eye view of our magnificent lions from "Lookout Lodge", and visit "Lemur Encounters", which gives you the chance to get incredibly close to our ring-tailed lemurs as you walk through their enclosure! Bird lovers can also enjoy spotting native species from our new "Wader's Lake Boardwalk". Discover some amazing facts about our animals during our exciting feeding talks and seasonal Bird of Prey displays. Climb aboard the free Safari Roadtrain for an entertaining journey around the Park. Look, learn and play in our fun-packed Discovery Centre and meet some of our smaller residents at the animal encounter sessions. The park offers a great outdoor adventure play area, as well as restaurants, free car parking, disabled facilities and a gift shop where you can find souvenirs and gifts for everyone - including yourself! Open daily at 9.30am all year, except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. For admission prices and closing times please check our website
Reviewed By hannahcC5485AL - Essex, United Kingdom
Would definitely recommend Africa Alive. The park has a great collection of animals and a clean environment. Highlights included the Amazing African Animal show and the lemur walk through which both enable you to get up close and personal with the animals. I Recommend bringing your own food as there are limited facilities for eating and not a great range of options for gluten free.
3. Christchurch Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 843 reviews
Reviewed By RodF143 - Ipswich, United Kingdom
This park is certainly a Jewell, it is a wonderful open space in the centre of Ipswich. The arboretum is well tended and full of lovely shrubs, flowers and magnificent trees; squirrels that are quite tame are in abundance and a variety of birdlife; the outside tennis courts that are nestled in the trees are well utilised. The large ponds with their many species is of wildfowl and if you are lucky you may see one of the many turtles or terrapins that frequent the wilderness pond, that's if the commorant sitting high up in the tree at the edge hasn't picked them off. To cap it all, the highlight of the park, that is the Christchurch Mansion, free to all to roam and see it's many displays of art and artifacts, and indeed I was very fortunate to see Rodin's sculpture "The Kiss" on the day I visited. The park was bustling with people of all ages and backgrounds. What a joy.
4. Christchurch Mansion
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 475 reviews
Reviewed By 228izabellaj
Gorgeous museum, beautiful coffe shop, ice cream available, free entry in the museum, friendly staff
5. Ipswich Transport Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 220 reviews
Reviewed By captainnedludd - Norwich, United Kingdom
Superb museum in a massive hangar. Buses, trams, motorbikes, a model railway (watch out for the quirky cartoon characters who change all the time) - friendly staff, buses you can get on, and a nice little tea shop. Really fascinating. They do sometimes have a number of buses etc working - very well worth the effort to find out and go on one of those days.
6. Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 238 reviews
Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm is in the middle of the beautiful county of Suffolk in Eastern England and is a small livestock farm breeding farm animals that were once common but are now very rare. It's a great time to bring your whole family to the farm to meet the pigs, feed the goats and let the kids loose in the play area whilst you settle into the calm surroundings with a piece of homemade cake or a cream tea.
Reviewed By brilliantJersey
Me and my 5 year old son recently visited the Farm. My son loves it here so many lovely animals and such a lovely well looked after Farm. It always looks so lovely and clean especially since its reopened the safety measures in place are brilliant and we felt very safe. Its lovely walking round the footpaths around the field seeing all the animals and there's a lovely picnic area to have lunch in as well. Great value for money and a free bag of animal food as well! Great day out! We will be back!
7. Hollow Trees Farm Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 435 reviews
Fresh is best, and you can buy everything we produce at Hollow Trees in our fantastic Farm Shop. Have an adventure on the Hollow Trees Farm Trail where there are surprises around every corner! From the field to our kitchens, enjoy your breakfast, lunch and tea the Hollow Trees way. We spend years carefully nurturing our plants so that they look their best for your garden.
Reviewed By OneMoreBlueberry
Well thought out farm trail with Covid prevention very much in mind. Book online in advance to get a time slot. Plenty of animals for young children to see and feed (animal feed 50p per small bag). Plus wooden play areas, an old tractor to climb on and picnic area. Also great Farm Shop and food takeaway. Well worth a visit.
8. Ipswich Waterfront
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 710 reviews
Reviewed By cherie253 - London, United Kingdom
What a beautiful place to visit, there are loads of lovely places to eat and drink while looking at the pretty boats in the harbour, Just walking along enjoying the ambience is calming
9. Regent Theatre
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 294 reviews
Reviewed By williamcD5065HM - Rendlesham, United Kingdom
The Regent theatre is not just an incredible place to see a performance, but a amazing place to feel like the staff and workers actually care about each performance being the best show yet! Every year the stage is taken over by an amazing group of actors, Singers and Dancers to grace the stage and I really feel there is sometimes for everybody! The theatre has amazing faculty's with a bar located in the circle lounge and plenty of toilets, Plus the seats are great. Furthermore if your an artist or touring production the technical facility's are amazing to.
10. The Church of Saint Andrew Covehithe
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Y468WYpaulr - Wellingborough, United Kingdom
This picture-perfect chuch, set in very quiet, very rural coastal Suffolk, is not entirely a ruin.The'modern' (16th century) part of the church of Saint Andrew is incorporated into the much larger, much older ruin. The church itself ihas a squre tower and thatched roof. The interior is simple but charming and offers leaflets explaining the history of the site. The undoubted star of the show is the ruin which makes some very striking photography very easy to achieve. I took a lot of photos in the orange, early evening lightand every one of them could be an album cover for Clannad or Black Sabbath! The intensely quiet and deeply rural setting certainly adds to the atmosphere but can make locating the ruins a little tricky. Tripadvisor and my satnav don't even recognise Covehithe and plugging the postcode into the gps took me to a housing estate 5 miles adrift. But do persevere - it's well worth it. Find Wrentham, take the turning next to the red brick church and just follow the road.
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