Suffolk & Essex Cottages

Holiday Cottages in Suffolk & Essex

Welcome to Suffolk & Essex

For a slower pace of life enjoy the beautiful countryside, heritage, events, festivals, food and great days out in Suffolk and Essex.  Ensuring a superb self catering holiday, our high quality, great value holiday cottages in Suffolk and Essex mean more fun for you and your family exploring these two ancient English counties with their sandy beaches, great castles, world class arts scene, walks and wonders.

For miles of unspoilt countryside, wildlife, quaint picturesque villages, superb local food, arts and crafts head for Suffolk.  This charming county offers a wide variety of things to see and do for all ages and tastes.   Abundant wildlife, leafy lanes, rolling hills and thick reed beds lead to the wide beaches and big skies of charming little seaside towns like Aldeburgh and Southwold – both perfect locations for your cottage holiday – you’ll fall in love with Suffolk.

Essex too welcomes visitors with a bewildering array of attractions and activities, including great beaches for sandcastles, watersports and catching the odd forty winks; fine houses, glorious gardens, maritime history and vibrant nightlife.  Be it the oldest recorded town or the longest pier in the world, there’s plenty of fun and entertainment to keep everyone happy.

Things to do in Suffolk & Essex

Suffolk’s ancient towns and cities ooze heritage; land of the Anglo-Saxon kings visit Sutton Hoo, their burial ground and learn all about our ancestors.  Step back in time when you walk through the streets of the medieval village of Lavenham, a living village and location of many historical TV dramas.  Little ones will love striding the battlements of Framlingham Castle, screwing up their courage for a ghost tour of Languard Fort or more rural fun and games at fabulous Easton Park Farm.  Not forgetting ancient Thetford Forest for superb walking, cycling, riding and forest fun and the gentler pursuits at Minsmere RSPB Nature Reserve.

Everyone can enjoy being beside the seaside on the many beaches of Suffolk and Essex.  Break out the deck chair at charming Southwold.  Stroll along the award-winning pier, stretch out on the golden sand or take the Coastal Voyager for a thrilling boat ride along the coast.  Culture lovers head for Aldeburgh with its world class festival of music and arts with events throughout the year. 

Enjoy all the fun of the fair in Southend-on-Sea to the south of Essex, where you can walk the longest pier in the world and Clacton, with its colourful seafront gardens, broad sandy beach and buzzy nightlife.  Spend the day at beautiful Audley End House and Gardens in the medieval town of Saffron Walden, or for something completely different, how about Roller World in Colchester?  Europe’s finest rollerskating rink!