Suffolk Sands
🏖️ 0.66 miles from Felixstowe South (Excellent water quality)
Felixstowe, East Anglia
Sleeps 6
£293 per break
Check availabilityManchester to Suffolk
How to get from Manchester to Suffolk by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
3h 49m · 220 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Manchester to the heart of Suffolk. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 0 Redbank Service Station
- mile 15 Cheshireways
- mile 19 Knutsford Services Southbound Moto towing-friendly
- mile 19 Knutsford Services Northbound Moto towing-friendly
- mile 19 Tabley Hill Service Station
- mile 31 RoadChef Sandbach Services RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 31 RoadChef Sandbach Services RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 35 Crewe Services
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Suffolk: Stowmarket · from Manchester Piccadilly
No direct or one-change trains in the next two hours — the live planner shows other options.
Live train planner →Where to stay in Suffolk
Old Hall Farm Cottages - Old Corn Mill
Halesworth, East Anglia
Sleeps 6
£557 per break
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Old Hall Farm Cottages - Old Dairy
Halesworth, East Anglia
Sleeps 4
£373 per break
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Rosie Lee by the Sea
🏖️ 0.67 miles from Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) (Good water quality)
Lowestoft, East Anglia
Sleeps 4
£427 per break
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