Woodbridge is one of Suffolk’s most attractive towns — a handsome tidal estuary settlement of merchants’ houses and a famous tide mill, with the extraordinary Anglo-Saxon burial site of Sutton Hoo on the opposite bank of the Deben. The walking along the estuary and through the surrounding heathland is superb.

A lovely, walkable town with good independent shops and restaurants, Woodbridge makes an excellent base for the Deben Estuary and the southern Suffolk Coast Path. Sutton Hoo is one of the most significant archaeological sites in Britain and well worth combining with a walk.