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!
I've added a comment below but here too. 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.
@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.
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.
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
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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 !
@@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).
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!
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.
@@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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
Hi ladies. I know Suffolk is wonderful But! On Norfolk, next door is home to Stephen Fry, savant and all round nice person. If you haven't seen any yet, try an early episode of QI.
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.
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.
@@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?!!
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.
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
Matthew Hopkins, the Witch 🧙♀️ Finder was filmed in Lavenham, Suffolk and Vincent Price (Matthew Hopkins) mentions Lavenham in the movie !! Witchfinder General 1968 😅
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
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.
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"..
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)
Glad you like Suffolk. Many of your countrymen are enjoying it already; we have two American airbases here in Mildenhall and Lakenheath. You'd recognise many familiar accents in Bury St Edmunds, a really beautiful town.
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.
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.
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
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. 😃😃
@@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. 🍦🏠☁
Born in Bury st Edmunds love this place ,these places are not far apart so you could get most in a short time .To be honest there"s loads more !!!! to see.
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
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!
You should consider renting a motorbike when your here, that way you can avoid cutting your list down too much. And on the canals you already know you can rent a canal narrowboat. So that would resolve the accommodation issue where motor homes aren't permitted or access is limited
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
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).
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.
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
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
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 ❤
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"
@@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
The House in the Clouds, use to be an old Water Tower, which had been sold off, after it was no longer used and the new owners, who had converted the brick tower into a house, before the large metal water tank could be removed from the top wooden structure, extended their home upwards, into 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 ❤
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!!!)
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.
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😁👍❤️
The best fish & chips I have had in this country (and I've had a lot) was in a pub called The Turkey Inn, Oakworth, Yorkshire dales, there is some beautiful scenery and villages around there as well, Haworth, Skipton, Settle, Ingleton etc 👍 Some places are very nice down south but we have the hills and scenery up north, can't beat it.
There's also Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Bradford, and Wakefield, which are grim enough to make anyone flee to those dales and moors for respite and solitude......
My little sister lives in Lavenham. She's not my real sister but just a sort-of hanger on who stayed for 35 years. She has been loved by 3 big brothers ever since.
Hiya Ladies. Another great video. I hate to give you more to add to your list, but I honestly feel it would be remiss of me to not suggest you check out Shropshire. I live between Ludlow and Bridgnorth, both Historic market towns. Ludlow in particular is lovely, and it's castle is fantastic. Bridgnorth's castle is almost all gone now.
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
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.
Suffolk has more churches, mostly ancient, than any other county in GB ,you are just noticing the shoreline , Dads family, are all seely (that means of suffolk) and I spent many summer lazy summer holidays there as a boy ,wonderful place!!!
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.
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. 😊
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.
Hello ladies, I've just viewed numerous of your vids and have to compliment you both on the open integrity you put in your commentary, well done. Being a retired trucker/Royal Marine Commando, I can only say I have had the pleasure to see & experience many different locations not only in the UK but around the world with some few exceptions, America unfortunately being one of them, keep safe & well, hugs to both of you.
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 ❤❤
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. 👍
It bought my heart so much joy when you pronounced Lavenham so well on your first try ☺ it does depend on how Suffolk your accent is to how you pronounce it, but you pretty much nailed it imo xx
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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!
I've added a comment below but here too.
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.
I'm a Suffolk girl 7000 miles and 60 years away and still miss it.
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.
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
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.
NB. Deben is pronounced Deeb'n.
The best part of Woodbridge is the river walk.
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 !
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.
@@MayYourGodGoWithYou Glemsford is a lovely village!
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
Britain is steeped in history and very old. We have lots to see. 😁
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.
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..
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.
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.
My mother's side are from Suffolk and Norfolk. Spent many days on the farm
Ok ok, have just pressed the like button! (Would have anyway during the video) keep the videos coming, love them xxx
Hi Natasha and Debbie,
You can rent or hire lots of fantastic places including Castles.
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
Hi ladies. I know Suffolk is wonderful But! On Norfolk, next door is home to Stephen Fry, savant and all round nice person. If you haven't seen any yet, try an early episode of QI.
Just one recommendation - The Swan at Lavenham. A 15C hotel that will BLOW your minds!
They have some great ales as well!
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.
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?!!
I live in Suffolk. Beautiful place; beautiful people.
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.
The fish is amazing. Don't ask for large because it will be the length of your arm.
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.
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Put a map on a board on a wall, take turns in being blindfolded and throwing a dart. See where they land. 🤣
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
Matthew Hopkins, the Witch 🧙♀️ Finder was filmed in Lavenham, Suffolk and Vincent Price (Matthew Hopkins) mentions Lavenham in the movie !!
Witchfinder General 1968 😅
Ladies, you are the best travel guide to the UK I have found - and I live here.
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
Every year I take at least one trip to the Broads, mostly in Norfolk but also stretching down to Suffolk, Beccles is a fantastic town to visit.
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.
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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"..
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)
Glad you like Suffolk. Many of your countrymen are enjoying it already; we have two American airbases here in Mildenhall and Lakenheath. You'd recognise many familiar accents in Bury St Edmunds, a really beautiful town.
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.
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.
Love your Clips they are Hilarious, Hope you Enjoy your British trip 😊 x
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
You mentioned the herringbone bricks in the timber frames. It's called brick nogged.
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. 🍦🏠☁
Born in Bury st Edmunds love this place ,these places are not far apart so you could get most in a short time .To be honest there"s loads more !!!! to see.
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
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!
You should consider renting a motorbike when your here, that way you can avoid cutting your list down too much. And on the canals you already know you can rent a canal narrowboat. So that would resolve the accommodation issue where motor homes aren't permitted or access is limited
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
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).
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.
The house in the clouds is £800 a night, you can get a really nice room at the Savoy for less.
You are getting really good at pronouncing our place names, ladies. Well done
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
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
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 ❤
These two are always fun!
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
The House in the Clouds, use to be an old Water Tower, which had been sold off, after it was no longer used and the new owners, who had converted the brick tower into a house, before the large metal water tank could be removed from the top wooden structure, extended their home upwards, into it!
Suffolk is beautiful as is Norfolk next to it. Also my county Warwickshire in the Midlands.
If you're going to Kent, visit chiddingstone, half timbered buildings and a castle make it a must visit.
Awww my home country, hope you girls enjoy some of the places Suffolk has🫶
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 ❤
I just did a route on google maps starting at Lavenham visiting each of these places & finishing at Walberswick would take approx 2 hours (driving).
Suffolk is beautiful but you need to look at Torbay and brixham , Dartmouth all of south Devon and tintagel Cornwall
yes yes yes....... West Country all day long!!
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!!!)
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.
You can rent many wonderful National Trust properties from lighthouses to crofts, but you will need to book well in advance.
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!!
Landmark Trust have some wonderful places to visit :)
We may be a small island but there is a lot to see at any point of the compass
The best fish & chips I have had in this country (and I've had a lot) was in a pub called The Turkey Inn, Oakworth, Yorkshire dales, there is some beautiful scenery and villages around there as well, Haworth, Skipton, Settle, Ingleton etc 👍 Some places are very nice down south but we have the hills and scenery up north, can't beat it.
There's also Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Bradford, and Wakefield, which are grim enough to make anyone flee to those dales and moors for respite and solitude......
Ive lived in suffòlk for 10years it's not a bad place to live 12:32
Got the English nailed Natasha 😊
we also have a woodbridge in western australia come from England
My little sister lives in Lavenham. She's not my real sister but just a sort-of hanger on who stayed for 35 years. She has been loved by 3 big brothers ever since.
Hiya Ladies. Another great video. I hate to give you more to add to your list, but I honestly feel it would be remiss of me to not suggest you check out Shropshire. I live between Ludlow and Bridgnorth, both Historic market towns. Ludlow in particular is lovely, and it's castle is fantastic. Bridgnorth's castle is almost all gone now.
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
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!!
There's a great Time Team episode about Dunwich.
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!!
Thanks for showing Suffolk, I live outside Lavenham, it's a beautiful part of the world x
Suffolk has more churches, mostly ancient, than any other county in GB ,you are just noticing the shoreline , Dads family, are all seely (that means of suffolk) and I spent many summer lazy summer holidays there as a boy ,wonderful place!!!
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.
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. 😊
Another amazing video thoroughly enjoyed it.
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.
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.
Hello ladies, I've just viewed numerous of your vids and have to compliment you both on the open integrity you put in your commentary, well done. Being a retired trucker/Royal Marine Commando, I can only say I have had the pleasure to see & experience many different locations not only in the UK but around the world with some few exceptions, America unfortunately being one of them, keep safe & well, hugs to both of you.
If you look at the Landmark Trust site, you will find many wonderful buildings to rent. Including the Pineapple.
Your pronunciation of Lavenham was spot on. Well done!
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! 😊
The Suffolk Punch Trust is located on what was a previous Prison Farm for the nearby Hollesley Bay Prison.
Hello from Bury st Edmunds Suffolk.
I live in suffolk, and i would reccommend flatford, which is on the essex border, look into the history of southend annd essex as well as its close.
Yes, Natasha - you're absolutely correct: in England, a 'Hall House' is not _quite_ the same as a 'Cathouse' ;-)
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. 👍
It bought my heart so much joy when you pronounced Lavenham so well on your first try ☺ it does depend on how Suffolk your accent is to how you pronounce it, but you pretty much nailed it imo xx