Blythweb - Your guide to tourism and business around North East Suffolk
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Our clickable location maps show lots of Self Catering cottages and bed and breakfasts places around the Blyth Valley. Some locations are in beautiful Suffolk countryside and some in villages or a town setting. There are detailed maps for Southwold and Walberswick which are both on the Suffolk Heritage Coast.
What’s On - October events include seasonal Apple Pressing at Huntingfield (5th). The current exhibition at Halesworth Gallery continues until 11th. There's a showing of Silent Films at Halesworth on 4th, while the Electric Picture Palace at Southwold begins its Autumn Season on 4th. Steamworks Open Afternoons continue at Southwold on 5th and 26th. Talks on a variety of subjects, including Author Talks, are on 6th, 14th, 16th and 28th. There are live music events on 8th and 11th, with a Ceilidh at Reydon on 25th. Enjoy!
If you have a local community event planned in the coming 12 months you can .
Explore a fantastic presentation of the Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet Millennium Map.
This map was made by the people of Wenhaston and Mells to mark the second Millennium and showing their appreciation of the local environment and its well-being.
This, plus other Blythweb Reports can be found on our Featured Reports page.
May is a wonderful time in Suffolk and the morning serenade from the birds especially so!
You can download a six minute MP3 of the Dawn Chorus recorded in the middle of Wenhaston at 4:30am on 6th of May.
Listen to the Dawn Chorus (1mb).
Some Favourite Websites For October 2025:
The Southwold Railway Trust – Open days at the Southwold Railway Steamworks project
The Southwold Railway was a 3-foot gauge line running between Halesworth and Southwold, a distance of almost 9 miles. Opened in 1879 and closed in 1929, it is remembered for its tall-chimneyed steam engines. The Steamworks project aims to restore this line.
Juliet Penwarden Coaching – Juliet Penwarden Coaching - Horse riding and care
Juliet is an experienced and qualified coach who places a strong emphasis on harmony between horse and rider and takes great pleasure in helping partnerships progress, whatever their goals.
Chris Pretty Mountaineering – Rock Climbing/Mountaineering Instructor and International Mountain Leader
Chris aims to give you an experience which ensures you are taught to the highest national standards and to ensure that you actually learn the skills required to rock climb, trek, navigate and otherwise move around the mountainous environment autonomously. The teaching is delivered by an expert team who are tried and tested in both their personal skills and their ability to teach and ensure learning with an emphasis on personal progression.
Green Haven Holidays - Wheelwrights Cottage – Self Catering accommodation for up to three people + two dogs, in Rumburgh near Halesworth
Just 500 metres to the dog-friendly CAMRA village pub! This beamed cottage has been beautifully modernised to provide one-bedroom accommodation with kingsize bed, plus additional single bed if required. WiFi. Front garden plus rear courtyard with outdoor furniture. Parking for two cars. Pets welcome at no extra charge. Short breaks available. Close to Halesworth and within 20 minutes drive to Southwold on the Suffolk Heritage Coast.
Logs Logs Logs – Family Firm delivering kiln dried logs to Norfolk and Suffolk, including Norwich, Diss and Woodbridge
Logs available in tipper loads and bulk bags for wood burning stoves, open fires and pizza ovens. In addition supplying firewood in bulk bags to Essex, Cambridgeshire, London and beyond.