Southwold / Walberswick

Famous for its highly valued beach huts, Southwold offers you the chance to enjoy an English seaside resort as it used to be - absent are the arcades and candy floss, the fun fair and big wheel. Instead the quirky Electric Picture Palace (designed to reflect the styles of 1912), an iconic lighthouse, a splendid pier (don't miss the eccentric Under the Pier show), a lovely sandy beach and a pleasant whiff of malt from the wonderful Adnams brewery.

Across the River Blyth is Walberswick, until recently home of the annual British Open Crabbing Championship.