Despite being only a short distance from Lavenham, the village of Kersey which bestrides a hidden miniature valley, has earned the accolade of the most 'beautiful village in South Suffolk.' It is indeed a picture-postcard village with a wonderful array of timbered merchants' houses and weavers' cottages most of which retain their large windows on the first floor to give plenty of light to the cottage industry of weaving dating back to the fifteenth century.