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Local Tourism: Explore Beyond Sudbury Just a few of the places that are within an hour's drive of Sudbury. However it can also be very rewarding to get off well beaten tourist routes and to make your own discoveries in South Suffolk and North East Essex.   Clare A pretty village with ancient houses, Market Place and a superb Perpendicular parish church. The jagged ruin of a 13th Century castle keeps watch over the Country Park. Long Melford Well named, the tree lined main street stretches over a mile, ending at the splendid 15th Century church on the green. Famed for numerous antique shops and fairs. It has two red brick Tudor mansions; Melford Hall (NT) and Kentwell Hall (with regular recreations of Tudor life). Castle Hedingham A Norman keep built in 1140, including a Banqueting Hall with minstrel's gallery. Woodland walks and a picnic area in the grounds. With Colne Valley Railway nearby. Lavenham The perfect medieval town. Scores of timber framed houses, and a fine church, built by the wealthy cloth merchants. With a magnificent Guildhall (NT) in the Market Place. Flatford An old watermill, Willy Lott's Cottage and river landscapes that inspired the painter, John Constable. Stoke by Nayland Another 'wool town' with fine old houses and a 15th century church tower dominating the surrounding countryside. Bury St Edmunds Site of the great Benedictine Abbey. Much fine Georgian architecture and many attractions for the visitor such as The Abbey Gardens and Greene King Brewery tours. Colchester Britain's oldest recorded town yet with many attractions for the modern visitor including the Castle Museum, Zoo and High Woods Country Park. Cambridge A mecca for tourists but leave the car at the excellent Park and Ride points, you could then soon be shopping, visiting Kings College or taking a punt out on the Cam. Nature Reserves Rodbridge Picnic Site - Lakes, riverside walks, picnic tables, toilets and large carpark. Cornard Country Park - Views over Sudbury and the Stour Valley. Walk or picnic in wild flower meadows and woodland. Arger Fen - Nature reserve and a remnant of the ancient wildwood that once covered Suffolk. Glorious bluebell woods in May. Wolves Wood, Hadleigh - RSPB reserve, especially good for nightingales in May. If visiting between October and May bring wellingtons.
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