Explore the Suffolk Coast including visits to Southwold and Aldeburgh and enjoy a fish & chip lunch at the famous Flora Tea Rooms on Dunwich beach. We meet our Blue Badge Tour Guide in Aldeburgh, just above Ipswich, with time to buy refreshments. In Aldeburgh the Moot Hall, once in the centre of the town, now teeters on the water’s edge. We will see where the fishermen still sell their catch on the beach and marvel at the controversial Maggi Hambling scallop sculpture. Then we travel on to Dunwich for lunch. The town has already been claimed by the sea but the brilliant Flora Tea Rooms survives on the beach. In addition to a choice of fish served with chips there’s a slice of bread plus a dessert and a cup of tea or coffee. In the afternoon we continue along the coast. Thorpeness is an eccentric puzzle of mock Tudor houses and the quirky “House in the Clouds”. In the elegant little Edwardian resort town of Southwold old cottages of great charm cluster around the gleaming white lighthouse and candy coloured beach huts line the shore. Join the guide to explore possibly the finest medieval church in England – the home of “Southwold Jack”. The day ends with free time to enjoy this jolly seaside town and pick a spot for refreshments before heading for home.
