Heather's Guidebook

Heather
Heather's Guidebook

Food scene

Lovely wines and local beers to buy. Nice cafe !
24 locals recommend
Adnams Southwold Store and Café
4 Victoria St
24 locals recommend
Lovely wines and local beers to buy. Nice cafe !
Book your distillery or brewery tours . You can also make your own gin , learn to make cocktails or climb the lighthouse !
17 locals recommend
Adnams Vistor Centre
17 locals recommend
Book your distillery or brewery tours . You can also make your own gin , learn to make cocktails or climb the lighthouse !
Lovely Reed bed walks. Stunning scenery and great food.
9 locals recommend
Old Hall Southwold Café & walks
Halesworth Road
9 locals recommend
Lovely Reed bed walks. Stunning scenery and great food.
Traditional pub. Lovely place to stop for a break on the harbour walk. They also have SHANTY nights on the 2nd Thursday of the month and the 1st and 3rd Sunday . Both start at 8pm.
17 locals recommend
Harbour Inn Southwold
17 locals recommend
Traditional pub. Lovely place to stop for a break on the harbour walk. They also have SHANTY nights on the 2nd Thursday of the month and the 1st and 3rd Sunday . Both start at 8pm.
The flag ship hotel and restaurant for ADNAMS.
17 locals recommend
The Swan Hotel
17 locals recommend
The flag ship hotel and restaurant for ADNAMS.
Wonderful baker. Enjoy the calories! Also does takeaway pizza
28 locals recommend
Two Magpies Bakery Southwold
88 High St
28 locals recommend
Wonderful baker. Enjoy the calories! Also does takeaway pizza
Pop up food. Sometimes a baker (Saturday) just wonderful. Sometimes street food. Find it on Instagram and facebook
6 locals recommend
The Box
27 High St
6 locals recommend
Pop up food. Sometimes a baker (Saturday) just wonderful. Sometimes street food. Find it on Instagram and facebook
Great fish and chips . Homemade tartare and mushy peas !
12 locals recommend
The Little Fish and Chip Shop
2 East St
12 locals recommend
Great fish and chips . Homemade tartare and mushy peas !
Lots of outdoor seating. 15 minute walk from Southwold
The Randolph
41 Wangford Rd
Lots of outdoor seating. 15 minute walk from Southwold
Possibly our favourite restaurant. Very relaxed. Great food . You will be able to book online . It gets very busy so worth booking before you arrive.
9 locals recommend
Coasters
12 Queen St
9 locals recommend
Possibly our favourite restaurant. Very relaxed. Great food . You will be able to book online . It gets very busy so worth booking before you arrive.
Lovely to sit outside and enjoy a beer/wine and yummy food . A nice walk from Southwold. Takes about 45mins.
14 locals recommend
Bell Inn Walberswick
14 locals recommend
Lovely to sit outside and enjoy a beer/wine and yummy food . A nice walk from Southwold. Takes about 45mins.
Tennis courts and an old fashioned cafe with home makes.
Pit Stop Cafe
York Road
Tennis courts and an old fashioned cafe with home makes.
All homemade cakes and sausage rolls ... they do speciality evenings . We have had so many wonderful meals here.
Cafe Fifty One
51 High St
All homemade cakes and sausage rolls ... they do speciality evenings . We have had so many wonderful meals here.
Recent guests ate here and really enjoyed it.
The White Horse Inn
Darsham Road
Recent guests ate here and really enjoyed it.
If you love fish and seafood… this is a must! Seafood platters a specialty. Opening times for takeaway over the winter; Sunday-Thursday 11.45-5pm Friday-Saturday 11.45-7pm. No indoor eating at the moment due to the catastrophic fire a few months ago.
18 locals recommend
Sole Bay Fish Company
18 locals recommend
If you love fish and seafood… this is a must! Seafood platters a specialty. Opening times for takeaway over the winter; Sunday-Thursday 11.45-5pm Friday-Saturday 11.45-7pm. No indoor eating at the moment due to the catastrophic fire a few months ago.
Highly recommended by many guests. Excellent vegetarian breakfasts.
Duchies
63 High Street
Highly recommended by many guests. Excellent vegetarian breakfasts.
Another firm favourite. Run by Gerard . Great place to stop and have coffee/lunch on the harbour .relax with a glass of wine over lunch. Worth reserving .
6 locals recommend
Harbour Café
6 locals recommend
Another firm favourite. Run by Gerard . Great place to stop and have coffee/lunch on the harbour .relax with a glass of wine over lunch. Worth reserving .
The Angel Inn
39 High St
Open Wednesday-Saturday breakfast/coffees and lunch . Really unusual and all locally sourced food. Occasionally evening supper clubs so worth checking . Community lunches once a month. My favourite place for coffee or lunch. Recently featured on BBC with Rick Stein.
The Canteen
Open Wednesday-Saturday breakfast/coffees and lunch . Really unusual and all locally sourced food. Occasionally evening supper clubs so worth checking . Community lunches once a month. My favourite place for coffee or lunch. Recently featured on BBC with Rick Stein.
The newest eatery in southwold. Haven’t tried it yet!
Loaded Southwold Ltd
The newest eatery in southwold. Haven’t tried it yet!
Recommended for food !
11 locals recommend
The Queen's Head at Bramfield
The Street
11 locals recommend
Recommended for food !
This is a new takeaway in Reydon which also delivers .
Shelby's - Reydon
This is a new takeaway in Reydon which also delivers .
Had a fabulous Sunday lunch . Great service and cosy ambiance. 15 minutes drive from southwold.
6 locals recommend
The White Hart
London Road
6 locals recommend
Had a fabulous Sunday lunch . Great service and cosy ambiance. 15 minutes drive from southwold.

Shopping

My favourite shop! Voted in the top 50 independent boutiques in the guardian 2021
10 locals recommend
Collen & Clare
10 locals recommend
My favourite shop! Voted in the top 50 independent boutiques in the guardian 2021
Nice place to visit for a browse of furniture and interior design. Great plant shop run by George . He is really helpful and knowledgeable
Earsham Hall Tearooms
Nice place to visit for a browse of furniture and interior design. Great plant shop run by George . He is really helpful and knowledgeable
A nice place to visit for interior tips. Really nice on a rainy day. Lots of tempting things to buy.
215 locals recommend
Snape Maltings
215 locals recommend
A nice place to visit for interior tips. Really nice on a rainy day. Lots of tempting things to buy.
Really lovely hand painted gifts. Memories of Southwold to take home
Gallery Thea
5 Station Rd
Really lovely hand painted gifts. Memories of Southwold to take home
Worth a look... go find your own on the beach !
The Amber Shop & Museum
15 Market Place
Worth a look... go find your own on the beach !
A nice town to wander around.
131 locals recommend
Woodbridge
131 locals recommend
A nice town to wander around.

Sightseeing

Nice 30 minute drive from Southwold. Great fish and chips on the shingle beach
205 locals recommend
Aldeburgh
205 locals recommend
Nice 30 minute drive from Southwold. Great fish and chips on the shingle beach
A really nice round walk from Southwold. Across the common and along the old railway. Takes about 45 minutes. Nice places for lunch . Pubs and cafes. You can come back via the ferry .
99 locals recommend
Walberswick
99 locals recommend
A really nice round walk from Southwold. Across the common and along the old railway. Takes about 45 minutes. Nice places for lunch . Pubs and cafes. You can come back via the ferry .
Marvellous walks. Full of history. The Ship is a lovely traditional pub with fab food.
55 locals recommend
Dunwich
55 locals recommend
Marvellous walks. Full of history. The Ship is a lovely traditional pub with fab food.
Best walks
50 locals recommend
National Trust - Dunwich Heath and Beach
Minsmere Road
50 locals recommend
Best walks
Enjoy the quirky pier attractions. You can eat in the restaurant or cates . Sit on the boardwalk with a nice glass of wine and watch the world go by.
89 locals recommend
Southwold Pier
North Parade
89 locals recommend
Enjoy the quirky pier attractions. You can eat in the restaurant or cates . Sit on the boardwalk with a nice glass of wine and watch the world go by.
Bungay is a historic market town. It has a number of small independent shops. Also a lovely delicatessen.
34 locals recommend
Bungay
34 locals recommend
Bungay is a historic market town. It has a number of small independent shops. Also a lovely delicatessen.
An old fishing town which has seen better days.
29 locals recommend
Lowestoft
29 locals recommend
An old fishing town which has seen better days.
Historic military site... a testing station for scientific experiments. Lots of abandoned buildings. An interesting walk . Sadly no lighthouse now.
28 locals recommend
Orford Ness
28 locals recommend
Historic military site... a testing station for scientific experiments. Lots of abandoned buildings. An interesting walk . Sadly no lighthouse now.
The crown and castle pub has always been a favourite of ours. Hopefully it will be just as good when lockdown eases.
70 locals recommend
Orford
70 locals recommend
The crown and castle pub has always been a favourite of ours. Hopefully it will be just as good when lockdown eases.
A very special place to visit. Nice walk to aldeburgh.
70 locals recommend
Thorpeness
70 locals recommend
A very special place to visit. Nice walk to aldeburgh.

Beauty

Lovely treatments.
Blush & Glow, Southwold
14a Queen St
Lovely treatments.
A must do for bird lovers
146 locals recommend
RSPB Minsmere
Sheepwash Lane
146 locals recommend
A must do for bird lovers
A spa about 1 hours drive. I have stayed here recently and it was lovely. Great treatments . They do a good day spa package. Something to book for a rainy day … i thoroughly recommend it.
10 locals recommend
Retreat East
10 locals recommend
A spa about 1 hours drive. I have stayed here recently and it was lovely. Great treatments . They do a good day spa package. Something to book for a rainy day … i thoroughly recommend it.

Neighbourhoods

Traditional market town.
53 locals recommend
Beccles
53 locals recommend
Traditional market town.
Old fashioned Suffolk town. Interesting shops and cafes. First class delicatessen. The black dog deli on the pedestrian walk. If you like a sausage roll 😋
31 locals recommend
Halesworth
42 Thoroughfare
31 locals recommend
Old fashioned Suffolk town. Interesting shops and cafes. First class delicatessen. The black dog deli on the pedestrian walk. If you like a sausage roll 😋
Great city. Castle worth a visit. About 60 minute drive from Southwold.
115 locals recommend
Norwich
115 locals recommend
Great city. Castle worth a visit. About 60 minute drive from Southwold.