Suffolk &amp; Cambs


<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-thriplow-daffodil-festival">Thriplow Daffodil Festival</h2>



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<p>The small, yet completely gorgeous village of Thriplow in South Cambs does daffodils like nowhere else. Every year the entire village turns yellow as 500,000 varieties of diffs pop up in every garden and bit of land conceivable. The villagers love them so much that there&#8217;s a huge&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thriplowdaffodils.org.uk/">Thriplow Daffodil Weekend and Country Fair</a>&nbsp;(taking place this year on&nbsp;<strong>16 and 17 March</strong>), where you can see&nbsp;the flowers in their full glory, as well as enjoying amazing food stalls, live music, flowers and arts and crafts stalls, pony rides, Morris dancers and live demos. It attracts around 10,000 visitors each year so get your tickets booked now. Or simply take a walk around the village this month to enjoy them for free. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kentwell-hall">Kentwell Hall</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="900" height="525" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/03/kentwellspot-1.jpg" alt="daffodils at Kentwell hall Suffolk" class="wp-image-20975" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/03/kentwellspot-1.jpg 900w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/03/kentwellspot-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/03/kentwellspot-1-720x420.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/03/kentwellspot-1-150x88.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image: Kentwell Hall</figcaption></figure>



<p><a href="https://www.kentwell.co.uk">Kentwell Hall</a> is a brilliant place to enjoy the seasons with an abundance of both snowdrops and daffodils every year. There are plenty of walks around the gardens with thousands of daffodils to see and when you&#8217;ve finished a lovely tea room to relax in. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-anglesey-abbey">Anglesey Abbey</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1100" height="733" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/JS326321149-1.jpg" alt="anglesey abbey daffodils" class="wp-image-39048" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/JS326321149-1.jpg 1100w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/JS326321149-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/JS326321149-1-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/JS326321149-1-400x267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image: National Trust</figcaption></figure>



<p>Kids will love skipping through fields of gold at this lovely National Trust property. There are so many diffs here (over 40 varieties in fact) that there&#8217;s even a <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/events/804bdbd4-e977-444a-b56d-7717f773f802">specialist tour</a> where you can uncover their history and some of the subtle differences between them. There&#8217;s no need to book and the tours will be taking place from 18 March &#8211; 21 April at 11am and 1:30pm. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-chippenham-park-gardens">Chippenham Park Gardens </h2>



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<p><a href="https://www.chippenhamparkgardens.info">Chippenham Park Gardens</a> is open until <strong>29 March</strong> this year and are some of the prettiest gardens in the whole of East Anglia. RHS members get free entry and the gardens have been awarded the highest two-star rating by the Good Gardens Guide and are notable for their superb spring show of daffodils, hellebores, spring bulbs and blossoms. There&#8217;s a tea room too &#8211; making for a gorgeous Spring day out. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-wimpole-hall">Wimpole Hall</h2>



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<p>Super cure lambs being born in the farm and a daffodils along the winding paths &#8211; <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/wimpole-estate">Wimpole Hall</a> is heavenly in Spring. There&#8217;s something for everyone here, a brilliant new play area and the farm for kids and the daffodils, wild flowers and two excellent cafés for the adults. New for 2024, you can gain a unique insight into Wimpole’s 79 varieties of daffodil with a special tour given by the resident daffodil expert. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-nowton-park">Nowton Park </h2>



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<p><a href="https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/leisure/Parks/nowton-park.cfm">Nowton Park</a> turns yellow in early Spring with thousands of daffodils throughout the park. Head to Lime Tree Avenue, which is an even more glorious sight than usual with the stately trees and a carpet of golden flowers. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fullers-mill-garden">Fullers Mill Garden </h2>



<p><a href="https://perennial.org.uk/garden/fullers-mill-garden/">Fullers Mill</a> is a pretty riverside garden near West Stow that was gifted to Perennial by the late Bernard Tickner, MBE. There are loads of perennials to enjoy including daffodils as well as unusual shrubs, lilies and marginal plants, collected over the course of 50 years. The gardens open for 2024 from 3 April so you can catch some late daffodils.   </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-quy-hall">Quy Hall </h2>



<p>There&#8217;s a special daffodil tour on <strong>13 March</strong> at this private house in the village of Quy near Cambridge led by the owner of the house, Ellen Francis. You&#8217;ll get a chance to have a nosey at the main downstairs reception rooms (Hall, Drawing Room, Study and Dining Room) with their unique painted walls and ceilings as well as the gardens full of golden daffodils. <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/quyhall/1010292">Book here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-abbey-gardens-bury-st-edmunds">The Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds </h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="666" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/08/rsz_abbeycathedral.jpg" alt="the abbey garden in spring suffolk" class="wp-image-22975" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/08/rsz_abbeycathedral.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/08/rsz_abbeycathedral-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/08/rsz_abbeycathedral-720x480.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/08/rsz_abbeycathedral-150x100.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/08/rsz_abbeycathedral-788x525.jpg 788w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Shopping in Bury? Take a quick break in the great outdoors by strolling around the amazing Abbey Gardens, which look picture perfect in Spring with all the daffodils peeping up around the Abbey.  </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-ickworth-park">Ickworth Park </h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="965" height="543" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/Daffodils-at-Ickworth-965x540.jpg-copy.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39086" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/Daffodils-at-Ickworth-965x540.jpg-copy.jpg 965w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/Daffodils-at-Ickworth-965x540.jpg-copy-800x450.jpg 800w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/03/Daffodils-at-Ickworth-965x540.jpg-copy-400x225.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image: National Trust</figcaption></figure>



<p><a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/ickworth-estate">Ickworth Estate</a> near Bury St Edmunds is always beautiful, but we particularly love it in Spring when clusters of golden daffodils peek up in the parkland and woodlands around the stunning Rotunda. Finish your walk off in The Orangery or The Porter&#8217;s Lodge café. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-melford-hall">Melford Hall </h2>



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<p>Long Melford is daffodil central with the gardens of <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/melford-hall">Melford Hall</a> also peppered with golden trumpets. You&#8217;ll find most of them closest to the northern moat alongside plenty of other lovely spring wildflowers. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-peckover-house">Peckover House </h2>



<p>If you&#8217;re in the northernmost part of Cambs you can find daffodil displays at National Trust&#8217;s <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/peckover-house-and-garden">Peckover House</a> in Wisbech. The estate hosts a number of events to celebrate the arrival of Spring including an Easter garden trail. The gardens are free to enter too.   </p>


Where to see daffodils in Suffolk and Cambs

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