Guidebook for Gislingham

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Guidebook for Gislingham

Local restaurants, pubs and cafes

Excellent vegetarian food set in a beautiful courtyard.
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Amandines Café Restaurant
Saint Nicholas Street
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Excellent vegetarian food set in a beautiful courtyard.
The Leaping Hare restaurant. A UK Top 100 Restaurant 2018 (Squaremeal). Lovely restaurant with a gift shop in a beautiful setting. There are also animals to see on walks around the vineyards/gardens and an excellent farmers market on Saturday mornings.
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Wyken Vineyards
Wyken Road
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The Leaping Hare restaurant. A UK Top 100 Restaurant 2018 (Squaremeal). Lovely restaurant with a gift shop in a beautiful setting. There are also animals to see on walks around the vineyards/gardens and an excellent farmers market on Saturday mornings.
Delicious pizza and pasta. Also has a gin bar!
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The Old Kings Head
50 The St
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Delicious pizza and pasta. Also has a gin bar!
This 2 AA Rosette-holding restaurant is featured in both the Michelin and Harden's food guides. Excellent traditional-meets-modern European restaurant, in the charming village of Fressingfield in Suffolk.
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Fox and Goose Fressingfield
Church Street
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This 2 AA Rosette-holding restaurant is featured in both the Michelin and Harden's food guides. Excellent traditional-meets-modern European restaurant, in the charming village of Fressingfield in Suffolk.
Lovely cafe with courtyard selling fabulous cakes. They also welcome cyclists.
Moriarty's Café
The Street
Lovely cafe with courtyard selling fabulous cakes. They also welcome cyclists.
Fabulous deli and a ​great cafe.
The Deli At The Chilli Farm
Norwich Road
Fabulous deli and a ​great cafe.
Excellent French restaurant.
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The Bull Auberge
Old Ipswich Road
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Excellent French restaurant.
Great pub food at this lovely pub in Thelnetham. Lovely walks around Thelnetham Fen too.
The White Horse Thelnetham
Hopton Road
Great pub food at this lovely pub in Thelnetham. Lovely walks around Thelnetham Fen too.
Excellent Thai food in Diss. Takeaways​ available but unfortunately don't offer delivery service.
Sing Tong Thai
5 St Nicholas St
Excellent Thai food in Diss. Takeaways​ available but unfortunately don't offer delivery service.
Lovely pub, serving great food in the beautiful village of Botesdale. Play area for children and dog-friendly​.
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The Bell Inn
The Street
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Lovely pub, serving great food in the beautiful village of Botesdale. Play area for children and dog-friendly​.
Lovely restaurant set in the beautiful Thornham Walks. Open Thursday-Sunday. Excellent Sunday roast. Toys available.
Thornham Coach House
Lovely restaurant set in the beautiful Thornham Walks. Open Thursday-Sunday. Excellent Sunday roast. Toys available.
Pretty thatched pub in the village of Thornham Magna close to Thornham Walks. Child and dog-friendly pub.
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The Four Horseshoes Inn
Wickham Road
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Pretty thatched pub in the village of Thornham Magna close to Thornham Walks. Child and dog-friendly pub.
Lovely restaurant set in Alder Carr Farm (booking advisable). Excellent farm shop, a few gift shops, a nature trail and picnic area outside.
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Alder Carr Farm
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Lovely restaurant set in Alder Carr Farm (booking advisable). Excellent farm shop, a few gift shops, a nature trail and picnic area outside.
Great microbrewery set in beautiful countryside serving a wide range of craft beers and craft gin. Child and dog-friendly. Serve lovely pies and fresh bread at the indoor bakery. Sometimes have a barbecue, food stalls and live music. Best to call and ask if these are on.
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Star Wing Brewery
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Great microbrewery set in beautiful countryside serving a wide range of craft beers and craft gin. Child and dog-friendly. Serve lovely pies and fresh bread at the indoor bakery. Sometimes have a barbecue, food stalls and live music. Best to call and ask if these are on.
Great Wood Fired pizza. Dog friendly
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The Greyhound
The Street
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Great Wood Fired pizza. Dog friendly
Child and dog-friendly pub and hotel with good food. Serves breakfast and has a play area for children outside.
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The White Horse Inn
Low Street
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Child and dog-friendly pub and hotel with good food. Serves breakfast and has a play area for children outside.
Great pub food and live music. Dog-friendly.
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The Burston Crown
Mill Road
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Great pub food and live music. Dog-friendly.
Great, local pub on Mellis Common. Friendly atmosphere with good food. Dog and child-friendly
The Railway Tavern
Mellis Road
Great, local pub on Mellis Common. Friendly atmosphere with good food. Dog and child-friendly
Set in beautiful grounds with a sunken patio and pirate ship for the children. Lovely recently refurbished restaurant. The food is good but the setting is better. Lovely to sit for a drink, watch the sun go down and let the children play.
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The Oaksmere
Rectory Road
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Set in beautiful grounds with a sunken patio and pirate ship for the children. Lovely recently refurbished restaurant. The food is good but the setting is better. Lovely to sit for a drink, watch the sun go down and let the children play.

Parks & Nature

Lovely place for a walk around the Thornham Estate. A cafe and restaurant plus park for the children.
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Thornham šetnje
Gislingham Rd
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Lovely place for a walk around the Thornham Estate. A cafe and restaurant plus park for the children.
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Ickworth House, park i vrtovi
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Beautiful nature reserve run by The Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Excellent for walking and spotting wildlife. If you're lucky, you may even see the Great Raft Spider!
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Redgrave and Lopham Fens
Low Common Road
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Beautiful nature reserve run by The Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Excellent for walking and spotting wildlife. If you're lucky, you may even see the Great Raft Spider!
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Knettishall Heath
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Excellent play areas in the woods with a great cafe and BBQ's to hire. Great bike trails through the forest. The car parking is expensive at around ten pounds for the day but it's worth it as loads of areas to play and the trails.
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High Lodge
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Excellent play areas in the woods with a great cafe and BBQ's to hire. Great bike trails through the forest. The car parking is expensive at around ten pounds for the day but it's worth it as loads of areas to play and the trails.
Lovely beach with sand dunes. Fabulous cafe too.
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Winterton-on-Sea
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Lovely beach with sand dunes. Fabulous cafe too.
Great walks around the estate
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National Trust - Dunwich Heath and Beach
Minsmere Road
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Great walks around the estate
Lovely lake to stroll around. Also a play area for the children.
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Needham Lake
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Lovely lake to stroll around. Also a play area for the children.
Lovely walks around the nature reserve of Thelnetham Fen. https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/thelnethamfen
Thelnetham
Lovely walks around the nature reserve of Thelnetham Fen. https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/thelnethamfen
Great for canoeing
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River Waveney
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Great for canoeing
Canoe hire available from here to paddle the Bungay loop (around 3 hours)
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Outney Meadow Caravan Park
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Canoe hire available from here to paddle the Bungay loop (around 3 hours)

Towns and villages

Lovely beach where you can wonder and see the beach huts and walk along the harbour. There's lots of beautiful period properties to view in and around the town. Catch the rowing boat over to Warberswick where there's brilliant crabbing for the children. Theres's lovely pubs serving great fish and chips and the locally brewed Adnams beer.
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Southwold
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Lovely beach where you can wonder and see the beach huts and walk along the harbour. There's lots of beautiful period properties to view in and around the town. Catch the rowing boat over to Warberswick where there's brilliant crabbing for the children. Theres's lovely pubs serving great fish and chips and the locally brewed Adnams beer.
Eye is a small, pretty, historic town. It has a small castle and church and many old buildings to view as you walk around. There's a number of shops to look around too including a gift shop, antique shops, cafes and a pub serving great food. There's also a park and skate park behind the community centre.
Eye
Eye is a small, pretty, historic town. It has a small castle and church and many old buildings to view as you walk around. There's a number of shops to look around too including a gift shop, antique shops, cafes and a pub serving great food. There's also a park and skate park behind the community centre.
Picturesque village with lovely Tudor buildings.
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Lavenham
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Picturesque village with lovely Tudor buildings.
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Framlingham
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Aldeburgh
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Woodbridge
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Long Melford
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Beccles
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Bury St Edmunds
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Bungay
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Snape Maltings
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Supermarkets, village shops and farm shops

Well stocked village shop with meat from a local butcher and fresh bread (5 minute walk)
Londis | Gislingham Village Store
High Street
Well stocked village shop with meat from a local butcher and fresh bread (5 minute walk)
Medium sized Co-op (11 minutes drive away)
Co-op Food & Grocery Store, Rickinghall, Diss
The Street
Medium sized Co-op (11 minutes drive away)
Medium sized Co-op ( 14 minutes drive away)
East of England Co-Op Foodstore, Eye
6 Broad St
Medium sized Co-op ( 14 minutes drive away)
Large supermarket (21 minutes drive away)
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Aldi
37-38 Mere St
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Large supermarket (21 minutes drive away)
Large supermarket in Diss (21 minutes drive away)
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Morrisons
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Large supermarket in Diss (21 minutes drive away)
Great little local farm shop.
Sunnyside Farm shop
Great little local farm shop.
'One of the top 10 Farmers' markets in the country (The Times). Excellent farmers market on a Saturday morning.
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Wyken Vineyards
Wyken Road
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'One of the top 10 Farmers' markets in the country (The Times). Excellent farmers market on a Saturday morning.

Entertainment & Activities with children

Lovely zoo with a ropes course and play areas.
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Banham Zoo
Kenninghall Road
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Lovely zoo with a ropes course and play areas.
Outdoor swimming pool by the River Waveney (Open May-September​)
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Beccles Lido
Puddingmoor
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Outdoor swimming pool by the River Waveney (Open May-September​)
A great day at the farm!. Fab play area, den building, outdoor theatre, restaurants, and gift shops.
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Jimmyjeva farma
Pannington Hall Lane
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A great day at the farm!. Fab play area, den building, outdoor theatre, restaurants, and gift shops.
Award winning forest with outdoor adventure, treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges, storytelling, boat trips and marsh walks
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Bewilderwood station
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Award winning forest with outdoor adventure, treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges, storytelling, boat trips and marsh walks
Delightful independent cinema showing all the best films. Comfortable seating with bar, and restaurant.
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Abbeygate Picturehouse
4 Hatter St
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Delightful independent cinema showing all the best films. Comfortable seating with bar, and restaurant.
Lovely moated Manor house with great themed days.
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Kentwell Hall
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Lovely moated Manor house with great themed days.
A great​ day out with the children. Fab play area and splash park.
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Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure
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A great​ day out with the children. Fab play area and splash park.
An​ excellent day out in the forest. Lots of fab bike trails, walks, climbing frames, musical instructions and Go Ape Zip Wire all set within the forest.
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High Lodge
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An​ excellent day out in the forest. Lots of fab bike trails, walks, climbing frames, musical instructions and Go Ape Zip Wire all set within the forest.
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Framlingham Castle
Church Street
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Lovely garden and steam trains. Softplay and cafe in the garden centre.
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Bressingham Steam & Gardens
Low Road
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Lovely garden and steam trains. Softplay and cafe in the garden centre.
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Thornham šetnje
Gislingham Rd
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Easton Farm Park
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Hollow Trees Farm
A1141
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Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm
Mill Lane
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National Trust - Sutton Hoo
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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Icklingham Road
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Norwich Castle
24 Castle Mdw
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Lovely soft play cafe with inside and outside areas
Bugs Play Cafe
Flixton Road
Lovely soft play cafe with inside and outside areas
Large soft play with a ​cafe in Diss
Monsters Ltd
12 Hopper Way
Large soft play with a ​cafe in Diss

Arts & Culture

Lovely recently refurbished theatre in Diss.
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The Corn Hall
10 St Nicholas St
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Lovely recently refurbished theatre in Diss.
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Norwich Theatre Royal
Theatre Street
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National Trust - Melford Hall
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Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Beautiful, restored Regency Theatre.
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Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
Westgate Street
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Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Beautiful, restored Regency Theatre.
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Abbeygate Picturehouse
4 Hatter St
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Norwich Playhouse
42 - 58 St Georges St
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Ickworth House, park i vrtovi
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New Wolsey Theatre
Civic Dr Civic Drive
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Cities

The beautiful, friendly city of Norwich is 45 minutes away. Great shopping, independent pubs and cafes, the lanes as well as the well known high street shops.
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Norwich
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The beautiful, friendly city of Norwich is 45 minutes away. Great shopping, independent pubs and cafes, the lanes as well as the well known high street shops.
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Cambridge
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