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Things to do in Aldeburgh
The best holidays are planned around great days out. Here's what's on the doorstep in Aldeburgh, from big-ticket attractions to rainy-day savers.
Showing museums, aquariums and attractions with indoor areas — the ones that work whatever the forecast.
🎟️ This weekend near Aldeburgh
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Ipswich Audio Tour: Historical Harmonies and Hidden Gems Tou...
St Mary At Stoke, Ipswich · 20.3 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Ipswich Audio Tour: Hands That Built the Port
Corn Exchange, Cornhill, Ipswich, Ipswich · 20.2 mi
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Sat 14 Nov · 10:00
Food and Drink Tasting Day
Friday Street Farm Shop, Saxmundham · 6.1 mi
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Sat 14 Nov · 21:00
Mostack is coming to Escape Club
Escape Club, Ipswich · 20.2 mi
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Museums & Galleries
3.9 mi from Aldeburgh
Long Shop Museum
The Long Shop Museum tells 200 years of industrial and social history and is run as an independent museum by a registered charitable trust, with money from tickets, merchandise and...
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5 mi from Aldeburgh
Orford Museum
Orford Museum is a small, volunteer-led museum displaying local history within Orford Castle, on the first floor, where six cases hold the Orford Borough Regalia alongside archaeol...
7.3 mi from Aldeburgh
Bentwaters Cold War Museum
This museum occupies a former USAF hardened command post on the old Bentwaters airfield, with a restored war operations room, battle cabin, and original decontamination showers and...
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8.7 mi from Aldeburgh
Dunwich Museum
Dunwich Museum forms part of the Dunwich Community Heritage Centre, run by trustees, staff and volunteers alongside donations and memberships. Inside, you can explore hundreds of d...
9.4 mi from Aldeburgh
Suffolk Punch Trust
The Suffolk Punch Trust is a charity-run stud in Hollesley, Suffolk, dedicated to preserving the critically endangered Suffolk Punch horse breed. Set on a 120-acre farm within an A...
11.6 mi from Aldeburgh
Alfred Cory Museum
The Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum in Southwold tells the story of the 1893 Southwold No.1 lifeboat, launched 41 times and credited with saving 47 lives during 25 years of service. H...
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12.4 mi from Aldeburgh
Sailors' Reading Room
The Sailors' Reading Room is a museum in Southwold, East Suffolk, with a small range of merchandise connected to its history. You can find items such as a book on the Reading Room'...
12.5 mi from Aldeburgh
Southwold Museum
Southwold Museum is a small cottage museum in the heart of the town, run by the Southwold Museum & Historical Society and dedicated to the local and natural history of the area. In...
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12.5 mi from Aldeburgh
Southwold Railway Trust
Southwold Railway Trust tells the story of a historic 3-foot narrow gauge railway that once linked Halesworth to Southwold through the Blyth valley, closing in 1929. At the Southwo...
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12.6 mi from Aldeburgh
Woodbridge Tide Mill
Woodbridge Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England is a rare example of a tide mill whose water wheel still turns and is capable of grinding a wholemeal flour. — Wikipedia
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12.7 mi from Aldeburgh
Woodbridge Museum
Woodbridge Museum sits in the historic Whisstocks area of the waterfront and tells the story of the town from Saxon times to the present day. You can see historic artefacts and dis...
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13.5 mi from Aldeburgh
Holton Windmill
Holton Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Holton, Suffolk, England which has been preserved as a landmark. — Wikipedia
13.7 mi from Aldeburgh
Bawdsey Transmitter Block Radar Museum
Bawdsey Radar Museum is housed in the original transmitter block at Bawdsey, telling the global story of radar from early 1930s experiments through the Second World War to the pres...
14.3 mi from Aldeburgh
493rd Bomb Group Museum
The 493d Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit that was assigned to the 92d Bombardment Wing during World War II. It the last bombardment group to be ass... — Wikipedia
15.5 mi from Aldeburgh
Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum
Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum is run by the Martlesham Heath Aviation Society, dedicated to preserving and celebrating the site's rich aviation history. You can see histori...
16.9 mi from Aldeburgh
Suffolk Aviation Heritage Museum
This volunteer-run museum near Kesgrave tells the story of flight in Ipswich and Suffolk, spread across two buildings. You can explore displays on local aviation history, a Local C...
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18.8 mi from Aldeburgh
Ipswich Transport Museum
Ipswich Transport Museum is a volunteer-run collection of over 100 transport and engineering objects made or used in the Ipswich area, from buses and bicycles to prams, a police ca...
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19 mi from Aldeburgh
Landguard Fort
Landguard Fort guards the approach to Harwich Harbour and was the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England, in 1667. The current fort dates from the 18th century, with...
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Where to stay near Aldeburgh
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Aldeburgh?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Aldeburgh.
What can we do in Aldeburgh when it rains?
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More ways to explore
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