Woodbridge (Suffolk)

About 8 miles from the coats, on the River Deben. The town is probably best known for the Sutton Hoo 6th and 7th century burial sites, something many will be visiting the area to see, though archaeological finds show habitation back to 2500-1700 B.C. Although the area was under Roman occupation for 300 years, there is little in the way of Roman remains.

The Rendlesham Forest Incident

In Dec 1980, strange lights were reportedly seen over Rendlesham Forest which were linked with claims of UFO landings. Nearby RAF Woodbridge (used by the USAF at the time) deputy base commander and other base personnel also claim to have seen what they described as UFO landing! The reports gained traction and the alleged sightings have been rated as of similar importance to the Roswell Incident (the 1980 "sightings" have become known as 'Britain's Roswell'). The sightings have been attributed to a fireball, Orford Ness Lighthouse and bright stars. Visitors have not been warned to take any special precautions with regard to risks of alien abductions.

By road

The town is on the A12 main road connecting it to Ipswich (9 miles) to the SW and to Lowestoft (40 miles) to the N.

By train

• Woodbridge Railway Station

  address: Station Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4AU
  East Suffolk Line, Ipswich-Lowestoft. Station managed by and services operated by Greater Anglia

By bus

• First Norfolk & Suffolk 63: Ipswich-Melton via Woodbridge.
• First Norfolk & Suffolk 64/65 Ipswich-Leiston via Woodbridge.
• First Norfolk & Suffolk 65B: Ipswich-Melton via Woodbridge.
• First Norfolk & Suffolk 70/70A: Ipswich-Woodbridge
• First Norfolk & Suffolk 963: Woodbridge-Framlingham.
• Ipswich Buses 173/174 Old Felixstowe-Woodbridge

By bicycle

• The town is on National Cycle Route 1 (Shetland to Dover) running through Framlingham, Halesworth, Beccles and Norwich to the N and Ipswich and Colchester to the S.
• The town is on Regional Cycle Route 48 running through Ipswich and on to Hadleigh to the W.
• The town is on Regional Cycle Route 41, running to Felixstowe to the S, then turning N to Orford and beyond, connecting to the National Cycle Network.

The town is small enough to see on foot.

• Sutton Hoosite of two 6th- and early 7th-century Anglo-Saxon cemeteries

• Woodbridge Tide MillLiving museum

• Buttrum's Windmill

  phone: +44 1473 264755

• Bawdsey Radar Trust

  phone: +44 7821 162879 (mobile)
  address: IP12 3AT
  Although radar technology early experiments were carried out at the Appleton Laboratories in Datchet, Slough, the technology was developed by scientists at Bawdsey in the time before the outbreak of WWII when the team was moved to Dundee.

• Shingle StreetBeautiful, remote and tranquil stretch of coast

• Suffolk Punch Trust

  phone: +44 1394 411327
  address: Woodbridge Walk, Hollesley IP12 3JR

• Woodbridge Museum

  phone: +44 1394 380502
  address: 5a Market Hill, Woodbridge IP12 4LP

• 493rd Bomb Group Museum

  phone: +44 7850 078432 (mobile)
  address: Grove Farm, Clopton IP13 6QS

• Parham Airfield Museum

  phone: +44 1728 621373
  address: IP13 9AF

• Rendlesham Forest1,500-hectare mixed woodland with walking and cycle paths

• Deben Swimming Pool

  phone: +44 1394 384763
  address: Station Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4AU

• Model Boat Pond

  phone: +44 1394 420241
  address: The Quay, Woodbridge

• Area 25

  phone: +44 1473 806119
  address: 25 Betts Ave, Martlesham IP5 3RH
  BMX, scooters, skateboarding and inlining

• Easton Farm Park

  phone: +44 1728 746475
  address: Easton, Woodbridge IP13 0EQ
  Caravan site, cottages or day visits.

• Beaon Ralley Karts

  phone: +44 1394 610066
  address: Beacon Hill Farm, Martlesham IP12 4RP

• Congo Rapids Adventure Golf

  phone: +44 1394 382836
  address: Ufford Park Hotel. Yarmouth Rd, Melton IP12 1QW
  No dogs

• Valley Farm

  phone: +44 1728 746916
  address: Wickham Market, Woodbridge IP13 0ND

• Woodbridge Farmers Market

  address: Community Hall, Station Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4AU

• Woodbridge Country Market

  address: Community Hall, Station Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4AU

• Woodbridge Thursday Market

• Marlesford Mill Antique Centre

  phone: +44 1728 748076
  address: Main Rd, Marlesford IP13 0AG

• Co-op

  phone: +44 1394 583020
  address: 3 Hamblin Walk, Woodbridge IP12 1DE
  ATMs

• East Coast Diner

  phone: +44 1394 389076
  address: 2 Church St Woodbridge IP12 1DH

• The Table

  phone: +44 1394 382428
  address: 3 Quay St, Woodbridge IP12 1BX

• The Royal Bengal

  phone: +44 1394 387983
  address: 6 Quay St, Woodbridge IP12 1BX

• The Cooks Shed

  phone: +44 1394 446019
  address: Yard Café, 14 Gobbitts Yard, Woodbridge IP12 1DD

• Shapla

  phone: +44 1394 387126
  address: 1a Church St, Woodbridge IP12 1DS

• The Tea Hut

  phone: +44 1394 384538
  address: River Wall, Woodbridge IP12 4BB

• Ye Old Bell & Steelyard

  phone: +44 1394 382933
  address: 103 New St, Woodbridge IP12 1DZ

• The Old Mariner

  phone: +44 1394 382679
  address: 26 New St, Woodbridge IP12 1DX

• The Duke of Youk

  phone: +44 1394 386347
  address: Ipswich Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4BY

• The Cherry Tree Inn

  phone: +44 1394 384627
  address: 73 Cumberland St, Woodbridge IP12 4AG

• Seckford Hall

  phone: +44 1394 385678
  Tudor period house

• The Station Guest House

  phone: +44 1394 384831
  address: Station Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4AU

• The Quay House

  phone: +44 1394 388756
  address: 1 Station Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4AU
  Min 2 night stays. Free Wi-Fi

• Grove House Hotel

  phone: +44 1394 382202
  address: 39 Grove Rd, Woodbridge IP12 4LG

• Sutton Hoo Hideaway

  phone: +44 1394 380045
  address: Mulligan House, Sutton Rd, Bromeswell, Woodbridge IP12 3DL

• Post Office

  address: 3 The Turban, The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge IP12 1AA

• Ipswich
• Orford
• Felixstowe
• Framlingham
• Saxmundham