It’s awesome August and Suffolk’s famous three-day FolkEast festival is kicking off just a few miles away from us here. Snape’s Summer Proms are in full swing and what’s more, its award-winning Food and Drink Festival and fringe events are now fast approaching on the September horizon. Letheringham Mill just couldn’t be better placed to feast on the very best the East of England has to offer!
But it really doesn’t have to be summer to treat yourself, foodie-friends or musical mates to a Suffolk smorgasbord of delicious opportunities and magical musical offerings.
Stay with us in the lap of riverside luxury at any time of year and you won’t be disappointed. There’s fresh air and wonderful wildlife on your doorstep. You’ll find farm shops, fine dining, fishermen’s huts, and the gin distilleries and artisan smoke houses along the Suffolk coast just down the road.
And as for musical interludes, there’s sure to be something which lights your candle - without it even being Christmas!
A tasty treat for every season
Between October and May, why not stay this way and check out creative one-off events and classical programmes at Snape Maltings world-renowned concert hall (20 minutes’ drive)? Discover plays, concerts and exhibitions at a whole hidden host of beautiful town and country venues such as Wingfield Barns (30 minutes’ drive). Or tune in (and join in even) with the rousing choruses courtesy of the ‘good company’ found at time-honoured folk haunts like the Harbour Inn at Southwold (41 minutes’ drive) or Jolly Sailor in the charming coastal village of Orford (25 minutes’ drive) or enjoy impromptu musical moments or just a quiet first class pint or two at that must-visit pub for real ale lovers, The White Horse at Sweffling (15 minutes’ for your driver, but only 8 miles of country lanes by bike!)
Give a musician-friend the gift of getting off the bandwagon
Letheringham Mill is the perfect getaway – and our gift vouchers make perfect presents. If your friends or folk are into festivals, but would prefer a few more creature comforts, our watermill cottages make the ideal, civilised base.
We’re just a short drive up the A12 from Henham Park (Latitudes), Glemham Hall (FolkEast), Snape Maltings and Aldeburgh (Britten Pears Arts/ Aldeburgh Festival) and the Maverick Festival (Americana and country) is literally just across the water meadows in the neighbouring village of Easton.
Festivals aside, so many of our great local pubs serve fantastic food and share all sorts of musical offerings to enjoy, from The Ship, Suffolk’s traditional home of folk music at Blaxhall ( 15 minutes’ drive / 7 cycling miles), to jazz at The Rendham White Horse just a few doors down from the home of famous artist, Maggi Hambling (16 minutes’ drive / 8 cycling miles).
Giving a gift voucher of or towards a stay at Letheringham Water Mill Cottages makes for a delightfully different birthday, anniversary or Christmas present and couldn’t be easier to organise. Simply drop Jacqui an email on enquiries@letheringhammill.co.uk
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Delight a foodie-friend with a getaway stay to savour
A visit to sample the wines at Shawsgate Vineyard in Framlingham. Delicious asparagus by the bunch from the Saxtead roadside stall with its honesty box. Smoked oysters or artisan breads from Orford. Fresh fish and chips on Aldeburgh seafront. A pint of Adnams near its brewhouse or apple juice from Middleton orchards. Cromer crabs from Framlingham Market’s fish man (unless dare nip over the border into Norfolk!) Succulent sausages from Revetts traditional family butchers at Wickham Market or impressive hams and home-cured bacons from the illustrious Emmetts of Peasenhall…
No short break is long enough to get a big enough bite of this delicious cherry, even when this fantastic festival of food and drink is all within such a small radius of your Letheringham home-from-home.
Sounds like the perfect tonic for someone you love, or simply loves food? Why not book your next stay at Letheringham Watermill Cottages, or give the gift of a voucher towards an utterly relaxing stay with us?
Each of our cottages has a set of very comprehensive local information manuals to get the very best out of every stay - whatever folk want to tune into or tickles their tastebuds.
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And to wrap it all up…
As our cottage stay gift vouchers are the perfect tonic, it’s a great idea to deliver it with a bottle of Adnams or Fishers gin!
Visits to those distilleries at Southwold and Aldeburgh will surely be amongst their delicious must-do Suffolk outings during their stay – when they’re not sipping back and relaxing on the cottage decking by the lazy River Deben at Letheringham Mill, of course!
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