The 8 best places to live in Suffolk
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Looking for a county that has it all? Look no further than this Eastern idyll that is home to everything from charming medieval market towns and chocolate box villages to miles of stunning coastline and pretty open countryside.

Polstead
We've cherry-picked this quintessential Suffolk village due to its pleasing amount of thatched cottages, historic church, beautiful rural setting and manor house thrown in for good measure.

Long Melford
Melford, as it’s known locally, has got it going on. From a celebrated high street with top quality galleries and antique centres to plenty of period properties and not one but two stately homes - this is prime relocation territory.

Beccles
Get more property for your buck in this thriving market town on the southern tip of the Suffolk and Norfolk Broads.

Southwold
Want to feel like you’re on holiday every day? Time to move to this scenic seaside town with fabulous architecture, great pubs, hot hotels, sandy bay and colourful beach huts.

East Bergholt
Grab your paint brushes (when you're not commuting into the capital), because this stunning bucolic corner of Suffolk might just inspire your creative side à la famous former resident John Constable.

Framlingham
This genteel central Suffolk town has sublime castle views, is surrounded by some of the county's best countryside and even inspired a famous musician to write a "love song to Suffolk". Part of our Top 200 Places to Live series.

Bury St Edmunds
"The jewel in the crown of Suffolk". The streets here are lined with pastel-hued town houses, independent shops and a lively food and arts scene, meaning this market town certainly lives up to its name.

Woodbridge
Life on the estuary is not to be sniffed at. You can enjoy all the best bits of the gentrified Suffolk coast without the price tag in this charming market town.