We are going to visit Woodbridge while visiting the UK and would like some recommendations for the area - sites, restaurants, etc. Thank you.

Woodbridge is a charming little town.

See http://visitwoodbridge.co.uk/

and http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/

If you only visit one of the villages in the area, I'd choose Southwold. It is quite unspoilt probably because many media types have bought houses there.
PD James lives there.

Hi
Suffolk is beautiful – I was born and raised in the county, and the Woodbridge area has so much to offer. A car will be vital though to make the most of it.
This website might be of interest. www.visit-woodbridge.co.uk

Highlights in the area –

1)The Suffolk coastline – Orford, Aldeburgh, Thorpeness etc.
Orford has 2 wonderful places to eat – The Crown and Castle, and the Butley Orford Oysterage
www.crownandcastle.co.uk
www.butleyorfordoysterage.co.uk
2)Sutton Hoo treasure
www.suttonhoo.org
3)Medieval villages such as Lavenham and Long Melford, with their ancient ‘wool’ churches and timbered houses leaning at crazy angles. Long melford is renowned for it’s antique shops too.
www.lavenham.co.uk
www.longmelford.co.uk
Melford Hall is close by
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ scripts/nthandbook.dll?PROPERTYID=62 - 41k –
Also Kentwell Hall
www.kentwell.co.uk
3) Snape Maltings – shops, concerts etc
www.snapemaltings.co.uk
4)Constable country – The famous painter John Constable lived here. You can visit Flatford Mill and Dedham, take a boat out on the river etc
www.constablecountry.co.uk

5)Framlingham, with it’s castle
www.framlingham.com

Also loads of good restaurants. In Woodbridge itself you have –
The Captain’s Table captainstable.co.uk
Galley
Riverside www.theriverside.co.uk
Seckford Hall www.seckford.co.uk
Sorry about all the website, but at least you can do plenty of research!
M

I live just outside Woodbridge...

In the town, the best places to eat are the Galley (on the Market Hill) and the Riverside (near the train station) for reasonably upmarket fare, and the Spice Bar (on the Thoroughfare) and the Wild Strawberry Cafe (Market Hill) to be more down to earth.

You can spend several hours browsing the shops in the town, there's several small curisity-shop type places, and if antiques are your thing then you're in business.


Definitely have a car at your disposal if possible. I'll second the suggestions for the Oysterage in Orford. If you're here in August, there's a month of concerts at Snape Maltings - see www.aldeburgh.co.uk for details.


My favourite place is Shingle Street, one of the most remote and desolate parts of the coast, with a unique beauty. It's on the coast between Bawdsey and Orford - drive to Hollesley and follow the signs.

bookmarking!!

We will be in Reydon for two weeks in July 2007 and I've just started looking for information on things to do in the Suffolk area, so these links are wonderful.

Update on my previous comments - the Kings Head pub has changed hands, with the food now being done by the same people as the Spice Bar, and has had very good word-of-mouth reports so far. I'm looking for an excuse to go there in the next few weeks