Bury St Edmunds is a wonderful medieval town with a fine abbey, much renovated over the past ten years and now topped by a magnificent spire.
Nearby in the very centre of Bury St Edmunds is Moyse's Hall where you can gain a good insight into the town's history from medieval times onwards. if you are taking children then visit on a Wednesday in August, when they will have an opportunity to meet medieval characters and join in activities, and watch demonstrations of medieval crafts.

For full details go to www.moyseshall.org or call 01284 706182

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.