To celebrate the end of national picnic week (and the good weather), we've rounded up the best spots in Suffolk for some al fresco dining.
Have you been to any of these spots?
1. Rendlesham Forest
Take your picnic up a notch with access to the barbecue-friendly picnic area at Rendlesham Forest.
You can spend a day at this site, with a range of good walking and cycling trails, including the location of the famous UFO sighting in 1980.
2. Beccles Quay
Beccles Quay has grassy banked areas with picnic benches, making it a lovely spot to sit and watch the boaters and the paddleboarders pass you on their root down the River Waveney.
If you would like to supplement your picnic with some ice cream or hot drinks, the little cafe is well stocked.
3. Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds
In the shadow of Bury St Edmunds' cathedral are well-groomed gardens and the ruins of an ancient abbey.
Setting up in the maze of crumbling walls makes for a peaceful picnic spot with glorious views of the gardens and cathedral.
Maybe once you have finished you can head to the nearby putting green!
4. Dunwich Forest
Dunwich Forest is part of the Suffolk Coasts and Heaths Area of Outstanding National Beauty.
Not only is the forest a lovely spot to set up a picnic blanket, but the beach is too. The sea can be balmy on a warm day - why not have a dip after your packed lunch?
5. Thorpness Meare
Whilst the boating lake at Thorpness Meare is well known, a lesser-known fact is that the sporadic islands were named by J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. A romantic picnic might involve hiring a rowing boat for a few hours and navigating to one of the small islands, where you can dock, explore, and picnic.
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