Blythweb - Your guide to tourism and business around North East Suffolk
View our Blythweb Self Catering Custom Search facility.
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 - Autumnal October brings seasonal events, including an Apple and Pumpkin Festival near Halesworth (3rd) and a Plough Day near Southwold (4th). Candlelit Opera features at Southwold (3rd). Silent film enthusiasts should head to Halesworth on 3rd. The final Halesworth Gallery exhibition of 2026 is from 3rd-28th, with live drawing on 24th plus pre-event party on 2nd and closing party on 30th. Dog enthusiasts may enjoy the Sausage Dogs parading at Southwold on 18th. Steamworks at Southwold opens on 25th. On 30th there's charity Bingo at Walberswick and also a Quiz at Reydon near Southwold.
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 2026:
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.
George Borrow Trust – Explore about the well travelled 1800s poet George Borrow
The George Borrow Trust aims to advance the education of the public in the life and works of George Borrow in particular, by means which preserve, exhibit and study his writings and works and other material objects connected with or tending to perpetuate his memory or to throw light on his life and work.
Halesworth Millennium Green – The largest Millennium Green in England
Halesworth Millennium Green is a magical place to explore in all seasons and weathers. Come and find your favourite corner amongst the meadows, woodlands, rivers, ponds, heathland, orchard and along the historic route of the old railway and the even older navigation.
European Rail Campaign (UK) – The Campaign for Better Rail Links to and from the UK and across Europe
In view of the need to reduce people’s carbon footprints rail is seen as an environmentally friendly option for many journeys across Europe. The Euro Rail Campaign sees a need for better rail services between the UK and Europe as well as improved connecting services across Europe. Research has shown that international passenger transport can be competitive with air transport for journey times of up to 6 hours or distances of up to 800 kilometres. Explore more about what this organisation does
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.