We hope all our customers are looking forward to the Bank Holiday weekend in Suffolk. With plenty to see and do in and around the area, you’ve chosen a great time of year to visit the county!

Thorpeness was created by the Scottish playwright Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie during the Edwardian period. Ogilvie decided to create Thorpeness as a private place to stay for his friends and family to holiday during the summer.

For the past few weeks I’d spent a great deal of time discussing with the team here at Suffolk Secrets and one of my close friends attempting part of the Suffolk Coast Path.

Becoming ever more popular in recent years is the classic ‘Afternoon Tea’ which dates back to the seventeenth century and was introduced by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford.

Once the Anglo-Saxon capital of East Angles (East Anglia), the Dunwich of today is a much sleepier, coastal village and is the perfect place for a cottage holiday.

Martello Tower, Shingle Street - the most unusual holiday home in the UK?

I love living in Suffolk and one thing that I look forward to every year is the Suffolk Open Studios season.

June and July is a fantastic time to visit Suffolk for a weekend break or a longer cottage holiday – especially as it’s fabulous festival season here in our beautiful county.

With the lovely long days, and warmer weather the Spring Bank Holiday is a wonderful time of year for a weekend away.

When packing for your Suffolk holiday you’ll probably know precisely what you will be bringing along with you.