Guidebook for Gislingham

Virginia
Guidebook for Gislingham

Local restaurants, pubs and cafes

Excellent vegetarian food set in a beautiful courtyard.
15 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Amandines Café Restaurant
Saint Nicholas Street
15 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
54 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Wyken Vineyards
Wyken Road
54 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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!
22 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Old Kings Head
50 The St
22 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
29 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Fox and Goose Fressingfield
Church Street
29 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Bull Auberge
Old Ipswich Road
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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​.
11 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Bell Inn
The Street
11 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
12 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Four Horseshoes Inn
Wickham Road
12 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
19 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Alder Carr Farm
19 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Star Wing Brewery
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Greyhound
The Street
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The White Horse Inn
Low Street
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Burston Crown
Mill Road
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
21 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Oaksmere
Rectory Road
21 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Thornham Walks
Gislingham Rd
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely place for a walk around the Thornham Estate. A cafe and restaurant plus park for the children.
55 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bahay ng Ickworth, Park at Mga Hardin
55 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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!
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Redgrave and Lopham Fens
Low Common Road
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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!
24 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Knettishall Heath
24 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
High Lodge
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
47 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Winterton-on-Sea
47 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely beach with sand dunes. Fabulous cafe too.
Great walks around the estate
50 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
National Trust - Dunwich Heath at Beach
Minsmere Road
50 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Great walks around the estate
Lovely lake to stroll around. Also a play area for the children.
13 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Needham Lake
13 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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
6 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
River Waveney
6 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Great for canoeing
Canoe hire available from here to paddle the Bungay loop (around 3 hours)
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Outney Meadow Caravan Park
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
287 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Southwold
287 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
122 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lavenham
122 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Picturesque village with lovely Tudor buildings.
78 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Framlingham
78 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
205 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Aldeburgh
205 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
131 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Woodbridge
131 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
59 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Long Melford
59 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
53 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Beccles
53 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
176 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bury St Edmunds
176 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
34 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bungay
34 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
215 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Snape Maltings
215 lokal ang nagrerekomenda

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)
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Aldi
37-38 Mere St
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Large supermarket (21 minutes drive away)
Large supermarket in Diss (21 minutes drive away)
26 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Morrisons
26 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
54 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Wyken Vineyards
Wyken Road
54 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
'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.
94 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Banham Zoo
Kenninghall Road
94 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely zoo with a ropes course and play areas.
Outdoor swimming pool by the River Waveney (Open May-September​)
45 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Beccles Lido
Puddingmoor
45 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
56 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Ang Pamilihan ni Jimmy
Pannington Hall Lane
56 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bewilderwood station
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
27 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Abbeygate Picturehouse
4 Hatter St
27 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Delightful independent cinema showing all the best films. Comfortable seating with bar, and restaurant.
Lovely moated Manor house with great themed days.
40 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Kentwell Hall
40 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely moated Manor house with great themed days.
A great​ day out with the children. Fab play area and splash park.
96 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure
96 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
High Lodge
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
145 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Framlingham Castle
Church Street
145 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely garden and steam trains. Softplay and cafe in the garden centre.
48 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bressingham Steam & Gardens
Low Road
48 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely garden and steam trains. Softplay and cafe in the garden centre.
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Thornham Walks
Gislingham Rd
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
46 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Easton Farm Park
46 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Hollow Trees Farm
A1141
20 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
6 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm
Mill Lane
6 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
130 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
National Trust - Sutton Hoo
130 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Anglo-Saxon Village ng West Stow
Icklingham Road
16 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
204 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Norwich Castle
24 Castle Mdw
204 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
The Corn Hall
10 St Nicholas St
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Lovely recently refurbished theatre in Diss.
79 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Norwich Theatre Royal
Theatre Street
79 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
18 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
National Trust - Melford Hall
18 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Beautiful, restored Regency Theatre.
22 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Teatro Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
Westgate Street
22 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Beautiful, restored Regency Theatre.
27 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Abbeygate Picturehouse
4 Hatter St
27 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
44 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Norwich Playhouse
42 - 58 St Georges St
44 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
55 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bahay ng Ickworth, Park at Mga Hardin
55 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
10 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
New Wolsey Theatre
Civic Dr Civic Drive
10 lokal ang nagrerekomenda

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.
250 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Norwich
250 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
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.
356 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Cambridge
356 lokal ang nagrerekomenda