Walking in South Suffolk

Staverton Park next to Rendlesham Forest (home of the UFO) Great walking around here when we take the day out to the coast or visit The fabulous Butley Oysteridge (their own oysters from their own oysterbeds just yards away) at Orford.

South Suffolk is great walking country with no massive blank areas or endless hills to march up, just lovely, cosy, Suffolk countryside with manageable hills which you can usually run up in 3 minutes !  I am always searching for new walks to enjoy and to tell my guests about.

I have been here quite some time and I am still amazed that just 5 turnings down the lane I can still find a completely new picturesque Medieval Hamlet and lovely walks.

This really is what makes Suffolk so special, a really rural area with unspoilt tiny hamlets scattered around the place - you just don't find it anywhere else where commuters or weekenders have usually taken over the nice places and changed for ever the rural feel to a suburban one.

 

 St Edmunds Way - at Stoke-by-Nayland - This is a lovely walk along the old Pilgrims Way to bury St Edmund - hence the town name Bury St Edmunds. The Way is also part of The Stour Valley Path.

At The Grove Cottages . We have river valleys on all sides of us: The Brett, The Box and The Stour.

The other Polstead walk through the blue bell woods

Along the Box and the Brett, pretty medieval villages nestle into the valleys. Along the famous River Stour grand houses, ancient Mills, trading towns and important bridging points with quays and Pilgrims ways are to be found.

The Polstead blue bell walk

There are many important, ancient, walks in Suffolk but close to us at The Grove Cottages we have some of the best, like The Stour Valley Path & St Edmunds Way & The Essex Way. These are all beautiful walks, some of which will really transport you back to medieval times - as you make your way between the ancient trees lining the banks of the pilgrims way.

Polstead church in the snow

We provide maps in our cottages and mark them with some of the smaller 'insider tip' walks, that last just long enough to work up a thirst and land you, strangely enough, at a pub and next to your car !!

The Cock Pub at Polstead village green

We also provide proper guide books for all the major walks in Suffolk, including the Essex borders and The Suffolk / Norfolk Coastal Routes.

The Cock Pub Polstead

As we are happy to have guests bring their dogs to stay at The Grove Cottages , and we provide guests with local maps with our favourite walks marked out and all the guides we can find.

The blue bell woods at Polstead

There are very many organised walks in the countryside around the The Grove Cottages which explore some really hidden away places, click on this link for the details Diary of Guided Walks

This is Suffolks most photographed hamlet: Kersey - a Great Pub and lovely easy walk down Kersey Vale.

Mark

The Grove Cottages

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