American Couple Reacts: Suffolk England! MUST Visit Villages! FIRST TIME REACTION! GORGEOUS PLACE!
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- American Couple Reacts: Suffolk England! MUST Visit Villages! FIRST TIME REACTION! GORGEOUS PLACE! Once again we have fallen in love with yet another place in the United Kingdom! Suffolk you are incredible! English villages always get out attention and these are no different! The amount of history, beauty, and things to do in Suffolk is overwhelming! This is a place definitely on our list to travel to and should certainly be on yours too! Hello to all our Suffolk viewers! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below...
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Once again we have fallen in love with yet another place in the United Kingdom! Suffolk you are incredible! English villages always get out attention and these are no different! The amount of history, beauty, and things to do in Suffolk is overwhelming! This is a place definitely on our list to travel to and should certainly be on yours too! Hello to all our Suffolk viewers! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
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Warning...Suffolk is WIDE....its a good hour and a half to 2 hour drives from West (Lavenham/Bury St Edmunds) to the Coast (Aldburgh etc).
I live in West Suffolk in a small village that isn't very touristy but is close to Long Melford (with TWO big stately homes...Kentwell Hall (private but open to the public and does historical re-enactments of Tudor/Elizabethan Life....just finishing a week long event set in 1564), and Melford Hall (National Trust). There is Lavenham as you've seen, Bury St Edmunds with the remains of the medieval Abbey of St Edmundsbury....once the largest Abbey in Northern Europe. There is plenty to see in the town.
Then there are other little villages...Clare, Cavendish, Kersey, Bildeston. West Stow Anglo Saxon Village, Horringer with Ickworth House - a gorgeous 18th century house. And Many many more.
My own house (not open to public!), is a 1390 Hall House....a "hall" house is one that is built with a HALL at the centre and all services (kitchen/pantry, solar) will built off it. Pre late 15th century these did not have chimneys and fireplaces....the fires were in the middle of the floor and the smoke made its way out through the roof - no "floor" in it). Any fireplaces added were later.
Suffolk is also home to one of Britain’s most loved painters, John Constable. If you’re going to visit Suffolk, Flatford Mill and the surrounding countryside, Dedham Vale and the Stour Valley, feature in some of his most famous paintings, like The Haywain. Even today it doesn’t look so different to how it was when he painted it in 1821.
I'm so happy they mentioned Thorpeness/Aldeburgh! I've dreamed since being a kid to stay in the House in the Clouds aha. I grew up in Woodbridge :)
@10.54 In my opinion, the Suffolk Punch is a magnificent breed. They are large, solid, and beautifully proportioned draught horses. They were exported to America in the 19th.Century.
@@greghill7759 I agree. Magnificent animals with an incredibly muscular crest, ideally suited for a draught collar.
Yes, Suffolk is a really lovely part of the UK. It manages to mostly go under the radar re: government policy and celebrity culture. And therefore maintains much of its old rural charm and tradition. ❤
We have a lot of celebrities who come to live in Suffolk and escape the celebrity culture. Claudia Schiffer owns and lives in Coldham Hall in Lawshall - 15 minutes drive from where I live.
I put this down to there being no major roads from London to most parts of Suffolk. 😁
HURRY UP & VISIT ENGLAND PEOPLE THEY SAY IN 2070 OR BEFORE THE WHITE BRITISH WILL BE THE MINORITY & ALREADY ARE IN CITIES LIKE LONDON BRADFORD ETC AMAZING THE ENGLISH IMPORTING THE WORLD & ILLEGALS ON A SMALL ISLAND
@@langdalepaul or thanks to Dr Beeching no speedy railway conections
And long May it remain so.
Surprised there was no mention of East Bergholt, the birthplace of England's greatest landscape painter, John Constable. As well as Flatford Mill, owned by his father and the subject of many of his paintings including my favourite of all, Boat-Building near Flatford Mill.
East Bergholt is also famous for the location of the cottage owned by Willy Lott, which features in Constable's most popular painting, The Hay Wain. The house and landscape still exist relatively unchanged since it was immortalised by Constable in 1821. Great video girls.
I don't know if you noticed but all the places mentioned are in SUFFOLK ! not Essex
Willy Lotts cottage is next to Flatford Mill and not in East Bergholt
and Orford Ness
@@ernieeade East Bergholt is in Suffolk, as is Flatford Mill and Willy Lott's cottage. The unusual thing about East Bergholt is the church bells which are in a cage on the ground rather than in a tower and rung by pushing the headstock.
Gainsborough is also a great painter...and his home was in Sudbury. Its a very good museum.
I'm a Suffolk girl 7000 miles and 60 years away and still miss it.
So glad you've finally visited Suffolk girls, it's stunning .I've lived here for nearly 40 years, in an ancient market town not far from Lavenham.
sudbury? thats where i am right now cos my gf lives here
Strange place sudbury
@@jammiedodger374 Lived near Sudbury, first in Clare and then in Glemsford. My grandparents lived in Clare opposite the church there, lovely town - or it was 40 years ago now. I still fondly remember that neck of the woods, including Bury St Edmonds where my daughter was born (great hospital, great town).
Grew up In Lavenham and it is a very pretty little place.
@@musicandbooklover-p2o Glemsford is a lovely village!
Suffolk is very beautiful, i have lived here for 4 years now, the best move i ever made. You also need to visit the town of Bury st Edmunds, has lots to offer including Abbey Gardens, Lots of old and interesting buildings and plenty of shopping plus weekly markets. Definitely come to Suffolk ladies, you will love it.
I’m amazed Bury St Edmunds wasn’t added to the video is the jewel of Suffolk
@@jasonlilley707 I was surprised too. I used to work in Bury...it was so nice to walk 3 or 4 minutes from my office, past the Library, up St John's Street into the main square for lunch. Now I work from home.
I really want to move to Suffolk. I live in Hertfordshire so not too far .
@@cheryltotheg2880 No - not very far! Its a lovely county.
As a regular viewer here in Vietnam !!!, But i come from Lavenham in Suffolk , beautiful place and has some really lovely residents !!!
Really miss your bbqs john😂waggie and sue
I live in Suffolk. Beautiful place; beautiful people.
I’m a Suffolk boy from Woodbridge and grew up messing about in boats on the Deben. It’s a lovely county that lots of Brits know little about. In a way, being relatively unknown makes it a great place to live without the crowds of more popular parts of the Country. I now live in Sussex which is also well worth investigating.
Sussex, a county with a big piece of my heart in it. My late grandparents, on my late mother's side, lived there till they passed on. RIP to them both.
My husband is also Woodbridge born & bred.
Just don't tell everyone. I, too, live in Suffolk, it's beautiful and the people are lovely.
@@lewissmith3896 Sussex is lovely and doesn’t get the tourist exposure, although it is quite densely populated. For example the Dover cliffs are far less spectacular than the Seven Sisters but get all the attention.
YES!!!! From a Londoner.... Why the HELL does Sussex not get coverage? Some of the most beautiful countryside and CUTEST lil villages... it boggles me?!!
Thanks! From a fellow American Anglophile, Love your channel!! Keep up the good work😎
Awesome! Thank you so very much! ❤️
Where in the US?
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I’m from the great State of NJ! Grew up on the Jersey Shore and have been living in north Jersey since….let’s just say a long time😅. As someone who’s visited the UK often (have very dear friends in Surrey and Kent) and even lived and worked in Canterbury for 2 years, I can safely say that you’re going to want to take more than one trip. Despite all the time I’ve spent traveling there (granted, it’s only 2-4 weeks at a time), I haven’t even started seeing everything I want to see or places I want to go. In fact, heading back across the pond in October!Good luck with the journey planning!🇺🇸🇬🇧
@arthurerickson5162 Jersey Boy! Yeah we know we're in for many many return trips!! Been trying with no success, to find a non-copyrighted video on Surrey.
Would definitely suggest doing another video on Suffolk. There’s so many more towns and villages with unique Beaty
Absolutely. I moved to Suffolk because I loved its plethora of historic villages and countryside so much.
Warren?
What a beautiful area. Any place where you’re able to sleep amongst the clouds is a place I wanna be!. Great job again girls. Always appreciated!!
NB. Deben is pronounced Deeb'n.
The best part of Woodbridge is the river walk.
The reason you have probably not come across Suffolk before is because we who live there know how fantastically beautiful it is and we don't want to be inundated with tourists 🤣
I'm amazed so many of the places featured in this video are practically on my doorstep - Just up the coast from Walberswick is Southwold - if you happen to be there when the Lighthouse is open I'd wholeheartedly recommend taking the tour to the top as the views are breathtaking.
The History of Dunwich reminds us how much this easterly coast relied upon the sea and also how violent those stormy waters can be.
It's hard to imagine that this coastline was once connected to Europe by the land mass known today as Doggerland. There's many a fascinating you tube video on the history of Doggerland and its fate that you might be interested in.
I know, it's quiet for good reason isn't it. For years, we've flown under the radar (which incidentally was developed in Suffolk) and now, those wonderful wide-open spaces might be lost to us.😉 Only joking, good to see some of the beauty appreciated.
Absolutely. I love Suffolk and how quiet it is when I go back to stay with family. The village I grew up in was tiny but we had some very famous people open our village fete because Roy Hudd (radio presenter/actor) moved there and always got his friends to come visit
Ahh Sutton Hoo is in Suffolk. Where the VERY famous Sutton Hoo helmet/treasure was found, probably one of the UKs most significant archaeological finds. The story on that is amazing. Lots of videos on it. A good 20 minute one here that should be fine
"Britains Valley Of The Kings: Uncovering Ancient Saxon Burial Site | Our History"
They made a film about it a couple of years ago. It’s called The Dig. Worth a watch
@@wolfie934 Its a very good film. Been a long time since I was there last. I am closer to West Stow Anglo Saxon Village and go there quite often.
@@wolfie934 yeah it's on Netflix I think. It was just a way to learn about it on here. The museum that the treasure is at has a few videos on here with curators doing detailed spotlights on the helmet and sword etc
From the many videos I have seen you react to, Suffolk and Norfolk are two counties you should enjoy visiting. I think you should also look at Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. They all have beautiful places for you to visit.
The West Country is much more interesting than East Anglia
Britain is steeped in history and very old. We have lots to see. 😁
Morning ladies! I lived in Suffolk from 2015-2017 and love the place. Those places are within an hours drive of each other (20-30 miles). I lived 30 mins south of Lavenham. Lots of lovely villages set amongst picturesque countryside and agriculture.
The Aldeburgh Fish & Chip shop was voted the Best in the UK a few years ago. I sat on the beach with my partner drinking prosecco and eating their fish & chips on my birthday - it was fabulous, and best f+c I've ever tasted. I always go there when I visit. Also the Adnams brewery is located along the coast at Southwold. Lots of lovely places and fabulous fresh food in Suffolk. BTW Suffolk is the next county bordering Norfolk (with the ice cream boat) 😉
It is a lovely county. Some people have said the video didn't many areas they should have, but if you are sold on the snapshot you have seen wait till you see the rest! You won't be disappointed. Just pack extra clothes for you extended stay!
Very cool, My Great Grandfather was born in Stowupland, Suffolk and came to live in Australia in 1890. He was put before the mast at age 12 and became a Sailmaker, he fought in the Boer War and First World war. He aaparently tried to sign up to fight in WW2 but was told at 77 he was just a bit too old.
If you live in Oz mate, you'll be glad he stole all those apples in 1890!! .... Australia is a fabulous place to live. I had over five years there a decade or so ago.
66 years ago in 3 days time I was born in Ipswich the County Town of Suffolk. I'll always be a Suffolk gal although newly married I moved to live near Bristol in 1980. But I go back to Suffolk frequently to see family and it's still my spiritual home.
Proud Suffolk resident here! If you guys ever get to come over and visit, I’ll get you both an ice cream!! I love the fact I’m a 5 minute drive from the beach and 10 mins from lush green woodland and forest! Truly a special place!!
I love literally one village away from Lanvenham, and it’s a beautiful village. Used to be one of the wealthiest in the country during the mediaeval wool trade
Yeah you finally got to us here in Suffolk. Suffolk doesn't seem to get much interest generally so it's good to see all the amazing places here shown.
It should! It's absolutely perfect!
It’s one of the reasons it’s so well preserved. A blessing and a curse!
Suffolk has lovely places. I think you would like my home county of Dorset. Have a look at Lyme Regis or the Cerne Abbas Giant. Shaftesbury is beautiful too. Careful though Ladies! It’s another place you will want to live!
Dorset has a lot more to offer
Hi ladies, we went to Suffolk and Norfolk last week, we've been there many times and enjoyed ourselves. Don't forget to visit Norwich, a beautiful city in Norfolk. Maids head Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in the UK. Safe travels x
Well Ladies, I just booked a long weekend at the House in the Sky because of this video ! Should be fun...but I haven't told the family where we are going , shh it's a surprise !
You are getting really good at pronouncing our place names, ladies. Well done
If you havn't already, check out a video on Wiltshire (particularly Avebury, Aldbourne, Marlborough), if you like villages, you will love it!!! (Just to add to your ever growing list!!!)
I was camping in Rendlesham forest the other week, no spaceships though. 😁😁
I was born in bury st edmunds in suffolk and spent 37 years of my life growing up in lavenham and surrounding villages , it really is a beautiful part of the uk.
When i lived in London I would head off to Suffolk, in particulary Felixstowe, which the peninisular was mentioned. Landguard Fort is beautiful and was once the site of the last battles in England when the Dutch landed and fought at the Fort before heading off to Kent. From Felixstowe you can catch a ferry to Harwich in Essex.
Hi Natasha and Debbie,
You can rent or hire lots of fantastic places including Castles.
Herringbone brickwork is quite commonly used as the panel infill on half-timbered buildings all over the country.
I have stayed in Lavenham and at night it is like a complete timewarp to the 14th century. No streetlights at all. A wonderfully cultural place. I have also stayed at the Martello Tower owned by the Landmark Trust. It is mega cool and also mega haunted! Well worth a visit.
A Hall house is a home based on one great big room, a Hall, where most activities took place. Later, as ground floors were divided up into several rooms, the Hall became reduced to just the entrance area & stairs, hence the modern use of the term.
I hope you enjoy your 6 months in Britain next year. That's how long you'll need to see all the places on your list.
Places to avoid in Suffolk are Bury st Edmunds / Haverhill and Ipswich the rest of Suffolk is really nice also Suffolk is way smaller than any place in America you could visit all five of those villages in one day easily
What’s wrong with Bury St Edmunds?
@@Outnumberedbykidsandcats bury st Edmunds should be a major destination NOT avoided
Matthew Hopkins, the Witch 🧙♀️ Finder was filmed in Lavenham, Suffolk and Vincent Price (Matthew Hopkins) mentions Lavenham in the movie !!
Witchfinder General 1968 😅
Hi Ladies, Lavenham Suffolk is a beautiful place, the Swan Hotel is lovely, and Haunted! One of the houses there was featured in a Harry Potter movie. I live in the next village, and often visit the pub😁👍❤️
So lucky!!
I'm a Suffolk boy and here is another interesting fact. West Suffolk is home to the biggest community of US citizens in the UK due to 2 US airbases. One of the best towns to visit in Suffolk is Bury St Edmunds.
If you are into music Ed Sheeran comes from Suffolk
For Football (soccer) the team is Ipswich Town Fc and we have the nickname of the Tractor Boys.
Suffolk is also one of the few counties that does not have motorways (freeways) and is also has one of the biggest Ports in the UK Felixstowe.
Suffolk is also one county that does not in fact have a city at all.
I live on the Suffolk /Norfolk border and it's also my home. Not far from Bury St Edmunds.
Spot on, I'm a Suffolk lad too, and a Tractor boy If there was a god; he would have come from Suffolk ;-)
Big deal.
Thank God, 'he' didn't. @@DapperChappy1010
Ladies it Ange..xxx
I love the way Debbie's face lights up any time she sees a cake or ice cream shops.. n Natasha has a high beam smile thats blinding... ABSOLUTELY love watching n listening to u gals..
Just did a quick check online, and the House in the Clouds is a little pricey. As an example, 7 nights (Saturday-Saturday) in mid June next year for two people would cost £5,516 (about $7,000) or the same in mid August, would be £5,844 (about $7,400)
Thorpeness was built up as a victorian childrens resort. The children and nannys would stay at thorpeness while the parents would stay at aldeburgh down the coast. Thorpeness has a lot of activities to amuse youg children like a very shallow boating pond. The house in the clouds is actually a water tower; the resoort owner didn't want the water tower to mar the beauty of the place so it was built to look like a house. There is a documentary series called "Villages by the sea" there are episodes on both thorpeness and walberswick.
Oh my ….you ladies are gonna have such a great time, your enthusiasm and genuine interest will carry you through. Your going to be hard pushed to choose which , where and when but whatever you do visit will make you smile.
Suffolk is also home to the United States Air Force 100th Refuelling wing at RAF Mildenhall and the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath. theres around 8,000 United States Air Force personnel stationed at these two bases.
Omg I live in Suffolk, so amazing to see you 2 looking at it :)
I think you girls will need about 6 months to see all the fabulous places in the UK, one thing for sure, you need good weather. Hope you have a wonderful time when you do come over ❤
After this video how on earth will you get to chose where you visit! Norfolk and Suffolk are places I have yet to visit and I hope to one day so watching this with you I was learning too. I think you will have to come back again and stay in quirky places such as The House in the Clouds, maybe a castle, gatehouse, lighthouse or on a narrowboat even.Good luck when you get to choosing where you are going to stay and visit. 😃😃
This place is staying on the list!!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I did smile when Debbie saw the Ice cream, pastries sign before the name of the village featured and Natasha's excitement with The House in The Clouds as it sounds perfect for both of you. 🍦🏠☁
We can't wait for you to visit next year and present your take on it from a personal perspective after you've tried it. That wasn't what I heard either. I think the anything fresher is still swimming applies to any coastl fish and chip shop. The house in the clouds is visible above anything surrounding it. I think you'll definitely be impressed with our little island. The roof on the tide mill looks more like German or Dutch than British. I don't think you'll be satisfied with one visit as there are so many great places to land so much fun stuff to check out that you'll be back
Awww my home country, hope you girls enjoy some of the places Suffolk has🫶
Hi ladies just discovered your channel, brilliant! I was born in Suffolk and lived there most of my life, a beautiful County. We have a very different accent which most actors deliver as West Country which it is not . If you haven’t seen it watch the film ‘ The Dig’ about the largest Anglo-Saxon burial mounds and now considered one the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of all time. In the film Ralph Fiennes nails our accent. Coincidentally he was born in Ipswich the County Town of Suffolk. You must visit Sutton Hoo as well as the villages featured if you cross the pond. 👍
Hi girls, we need an update on how many years you are both staying here for, you should get through at least half of your list in the first year. 😀 ❤️ ❤️ 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Hey Ladies, awesome video, and a great laugh too. Suffolk is lovely! Thank you for your hard work! Love you both, keep up the great work! Xx
Thank you so much Peter!!
I love your enthusiasm for the places here in the UK and as someone who has lived in Wales for over 50 years thank you for showing me other areas of beauty I need to go to, I hope your visit next year is long enough for you to cover most of the places you want to go to you may have to come back :D
The fish is amazing. Don't ask for large because it will be the length of your arm.
Some great little places , that should be on your list for sure. Lots of beauty and history (very fresh fish ) and most of it new to me so found the episode very informative ❤
Ladies, you are the best travel guide to the UK I have found - and I live here.
I’m from Norfolk which is the next county to Suffolk. I enjoyed that .
Norfolk means North folk and Suffolk mean South folk that goes back to Anglo Saxon time .Great job ladies 😊
House in the clouds many videos
Originally, I think, the north folk and the south folk of the Angles in the east, as separate from the west Saxons, south Saxons and east Saxons.
The Landmark Trust or the National Trust are definitely good to check out for places to stay in all over England. They are preserved historic houses and you'd love, love, love them. So funny seeing all the places we go to at weekends (we live in neighbouring Norfolk).
Another fantastic video ladies. I bet you can’t wait to see it all for real x
Can't wait!
Just seen your Bristol video....... go there first. It's much more vibrant then sleepy Suffolk. You'll never want to leave Bristol once you arrive, I promise!! @@TheNatashaDebbieShow
One thing I a
Im very proud of is , the UK keeps hold of our historic places... I have been to the U.S a few times and it SEEMS like history means nothing .... "smash it down , build a mall"..
I know I’m a bit late to the conversation! But I live in Suffolk, Felixstowe to be more accurate.
Lavenham is stunning, always. Lavenham is the furthest out for me, around a 45 minute drive.
Aldeburgh and Thorpeness are about a mile and a half apart. They’re both a 30 minute drive away, but in the opposite direction to Lavenham.
In Woodbridge is a bit dull and small, but the river Deben (pronounced Dee-ben, not Debben) is nice. If you’re in Woodbridge you absolutely have to go to Sutton Hoo, (I was a guide there for about 10 years). Woodbridge is 12 miles, again, about a 20 minute drive.
Dunwich is grand if you just want to wander and walk.
All of the places except for Lavenham are on the coast, in total within a distance of about 30 miles from top to bottom, with Dunwich at the top, and Woodbridge at the bottom. Felixstowe is right on the peninsula and whilst we do have some lovely Edwardian buildings, has been overshadowed by the Port of Felixstowe. It works 24hrs a day, 364 days a year. It used to be a quiet, sedate place, but it really isn’t so much anymore. It does have a world class links golf club at the opposite end of the town if that’s your thing though. There’s a little hamlet called Felixstowe Ferry where fresh and smoked fish can be purchased and a decent little pub for lunch.
Suffolk countryside is beautiful, lots of open farmland, so you can walk for miles along rivers and beaches. If you come, you’re definitely not coming to party, so have a lovely peaceful holiday. 😊
Suffolk is beautiful as is Norfolk next to it. Also my county Warwickshire in the Midlands.
Some lovely villages in Kent, also look out for fayres.
The Garden of England. Lovely villages. Some of the towns are becoming run down though...... and having re-visited Margate and Cliftonville more recently, I wanted to cry seeing the area's decline since going there for family holidays in the early 70's
I was born in Suffolk and was christened in Lavenham church. I’ve lived here all my life and there’s nothing like Suffolk any were else in the world
I’m so pleased you looked at this one Ladies. I grew up in Suffolk, it’s the most beautiful place
It really is!!
You can stay at the house in Sutton Hoo too ladies. Woodbridge is about a 25 min drive from Aldebrugh
Love your Clips they are Hilarious, Hope you Enjoy your British trip 😊 x
Thanks for making this video, my aunt and uncle used to live here in Suffolk, we used to come down there alot when we were younger and we love it , now my aunt and uncle have passed away now , we don't go down there much now , but we might be going down alot now , because we have have put there ashes back down near were they were living
Best fish and chips in the world at Aldeburgh. A definite must on your visit to the UK!
Bollocks.......it's in Glastonbury - Knight's family run fish n chip shop.
I was fortunate enough to live in Lavenham many years ago on 'Frogs Hall Road' and still visit it regularly for walks and take in the beauty of the unspoilt village and surrounding countryside. I now still live in a beautiful village North Essex and never take for granted the beauty and history that surrounds me. By the way, I would also recommend Dedham and Flatford as places to visit.
There is SO much more to Suffolk and the video you watched really did not show much of what is there. Please revisit Suffolk again and discover more.
The question of distance between places in the UK is interesting but the best way to illustrate it is to use a journey plan that includes a place in Suffolk.
If I started driving at sunset tonight in our most western mainland point I would reach our most eastern mainland point in Suffolk half an hour before sunrise.
We are an insanely compact country.
Unfortunately very true and no more evident to me when I lived in Australia for more than five years. The whole of the UK fits into the New South Wales state four times with a bit to spare!!
I live in Suffolk, moved here from South Africa 25 years ago. Lovely part of England.
Have a look into the town of Bury St Edmunds too a really 39 gorgeous place also in Suffolk not far from Lavenham. Long Melford and Sudbury are not far from there. To cover Suffolk you may need to stay in a large town like Ipswich and near there is Woodbridge gradually work your way up the coast to Aldeburgh and Walberswick, southwold is beautiful too x
Sshhhhh. Best kept secret of the UK. Lived in Suffolk for 50 years....unsurpassed for beauty, variety, people and links to major city. Not to mention the Tractor Boys!
The wool trade was very important in medieval times, but the bottom dropped out of that particular market in the 17th century, so Suffolk locals in the wool towns didn’t have the money to modernise their homes. The next big thing was the industrial revolution, but there’s no coal in Suffolk, so locals still didn’t have the spare cash for modernisation. Result - lots of medieval/Tudor buildings still standing!
What a great video girlies, have been to a few of these places and they are breath taking even in the rain. Your pronunciation is getting better your doing really well. Well done ❤❤
Thanks so much! 😊
And between them all is where I live in Ipswich. We may not big it up, but Ipswich is quite interesting.
Bury St Edmunds is lovely and has the local cathedral.
When they mention Aldeburgh and Thorpeness they tend to neglect to mention the Sizewell nuclear power station near by! (But we’ll let them off.)
Agree with Flatford and East Bergholt being more than worthy of a mention too.
Aldeburgh has a place in film history as well. Look up a short film called 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You', the version with Michael Hordern in the main role.
M R James wrote an excellent group of ghost stories, and two are set close to Aldeburgh, and match the story so well, they were used as the filming locations.
Another film made a few years later 'A Warning to the Curious' is also set there, and is worth a look. Both are on youtube, Often imitated, rarely bettered.
Suffolk and East Anglia as a whole also has a big link with the USA. During WW2 over 50 US Airbases were constructed many of them have museums and Memorials dedicated to the hundreds of young Americans who stood by us at that awful time, never to return home. Always Remembered, Never Forgotten.
You have to watch the movies. My son who is now 36 grew up reading the books over and over again.
The picture on the post shows the hotel in the middle of Lavenham , but interestingly at the back of the hotel on the corner of the street is the house where the person who wrote twinkle twinkle little star once lived
If you stay on a Norfolk Broads boat 🛥 the Broads go into Suffolk, I did that with family when I was a teen still one of my best Hols.
Just one recommendation - The Swan at Lavenham. A 15C hotel that will BLOW your minds!
Suffolk has many hidden gems. All the ones in this video are some of our favourites. Kersey is another one, very quiet with a Church high on a hill with a stream running through the middle of the village which is built on the side of two hills. Long Melford has the longest village street in England, home to some historic privately owned and National Trust properties. Clare is also gorgeous too as is Cavendish all these are within 20 minutes from Lavenham.
If you visit my home village of Lavenham there is much to see, as US citizens you may like to visit the former 487th Bombardment Group USAAF base. Also the Airman's bar at the Swan Hotel and the memorial in St Peter and Paul's Church.
Natasha's Lavenham is spot on in Modern English Locally in old Suffolk dialect it is said quickly as "Lanham". Unfortunately the dialect is dying out.
Aldeburgh is pronounced 'Aldbrough', and the fish and chips are great and best eaten sitting on the sea wall or the stone beach. Southwold is great too and home of the Adnams Brewery, blended into the town, as you walk down a row of small terraced houses look through one of the windows and it's actually the brewery hidden in plain sight. Finally I'd recommend Bury St Edmunds itself, the Abbey Gardens and the USAAF memorial rose garden
There is so much to see and do in Suffolk. Enjoy.
Lavenham is a beautiful village plenty to see and wonder about nice pubs and shops. Nearby is the charming home of The Hay Wain a picture perfect spot painted by John Constable in1821 which can be viewed at the National Gallery in London. It is maintained by the National Trust beautifully.
You can rent many wonderful National Trust properties from lighthouses to crofts, but you will need to book well in advance.
You two are going to have so many places to visit on you trip, you will have to move here to have time to see all the great sites and beauty of our country. I grew up not far from Lavenham. I live in Derbyshire now.
Well done on escaping Suffolk...... you will have woken up in Derbyshire!!
We may be a small island but there is a lot to see at any point of the compass
Hi Ladies hope your well ?
A place i think you should both bookmark in your diaries especially as your going to Kent is Hever Castle it is in a place called Edenbridge in Kent and it is the place where Queen Anne Boleyn grew up and where she was courting King Henry 8th it is absolutely stunning and the Gardens are beautiful, you can either buy food in the restaurant or if you prefer have a picnic on the grounds, The history is immense and right up until the 1960's was owned by the famous American family the Astors a jousting day is great with all the knights battling it out. Hope this helps ladies and you enjoy your stay in the UK,
Take care
Danny
My home county, Suffolk born and bred, I'm from trimley st mary. Beautiful county we are very lucky here.
Yes you are!
Ive lived in suffòlk for 10years it's not a bad place to live 12:32
Lavenham is breathtaking, this doesn't do it justice, one if the most beautiful villages in England. Go to Bury St Edmunds, home of the Magna carta, Martha of Martha's Vineyard baptised and buried there, the witch trials and Mary Tudor. The Abbey and the Cathedral is steeped in history
Thanks for showing Suffolk, I live outside Lavenham, it's a beautiful part of the world x
I live in Suffolk, UK. We have many 16th century wool towns. My wife and I have lived in one for over 40 years. Its a great county to live and very rural, with little transport and infrastructure. A neglected Rural County. Our pubs are in decline, only 3 left. Back in the day over 10 pubs. Drinking in Pubs is very expensive these days. £4.50 a pint for local pale ale. No one can afford to buy a round of drinks these days of cost of living crisis and fun.
It's time for you and your wife to escape to a better place to live. Just put a UK map (with East Anglia cut off) on a dartboard, take a blindfolded aim and move to where the dart lands. I guarantee it will be a massive improvement in your lifestyle....it has to be!!
I went to Suffolk for the first time last month. It is STUNNING. You must visit.
Lot's of Americans in Suffolk, it has two US air airbases.
And it keeps getting better!
Blimey!! A lot of your viewers live in/visit Suffolk, I thought there might just be a couple. I'm one of them. Bury St Edmunds, a beautiful market town which was once the centre of Christianity in England. Wonderful old buildings, the ruins of the enormous ancient Abbey, the country's only surviving Regency period theatre, Michelin-starred restaurants and much more.
Yeah I’m surprised by how many of us there are. Maybe it’s just disproportionate in how many of us are choosing to comment on this video rather than other videos of theirs?
If you go in The Swan you will see the signatures of wartime U S servicemen from the nearby airbase preserved on the wall of the bar where they used to drink.