Wanted. Information on living in Suffolk.

[Breton]

Hello forum,

I may be working from Suffolk for a year and coming back to London every other week but I don't know anything about the place. Does anyone? Up to a point I can choose my location. Where's good? I hear driving there can take forever. Thanks for any info. Breton.

[tiddles]

this is a bit 'how long is a piece of string'. Suffolk is lovely (grew up there). I would look at the suffolk/essex borders - ipswich/colchester areas as at least they have regular trains into liverpool street and not very hard to drive to (M25/A12)

if you are coming back only every other week then you can afford to dig a bit deeper - Bury St Edmunds etc

best of luck

[jaybee82]

I too grew up in Suffolk, and my folks still live up there (Newmarket). Its not such a bad place, and due to my Dad's spot of property developing in the mid-90's we moved about a fair bit. Depending on where you have to drive to it can take between 2-3 hours either up the M25/A12 or the M11. Agreed that Ipswich or Colchester would be better from a commuting point of view, but both are quite bustling and not for everyone. I spent a large amount of my time growing up in and around Sudbury which is quite a charming market town, then moved to Long Melford (which I personally really liked) and finally Bury St. Edmunds/Newmarket. There are definitely worse places to live than any of those! It all really depends if you want a busy town environment or a 'charming' country cottage type affair.

[Breton]

Thank you jan t and jaybee82 for the very helpful suggestions. I'm looking into it all. Best wishes, Breton

[charliecharlie]

my parents live near Saffron Walden, worth a look, Sudbury, I agree nice spot, Halstead's got good points too... Mill town with Sat market, fish stall, bakers, allotments and so on...