The Setting for Holmwood Cottage

The Holmwood Cottage is situated between the lovely Medieval Village of Kersey - The Bell, seen above on the left of the ford is our local - and the pretty thatched village of Polstead - which has the best walks and the best lunchtime snacks at The Cock on the village green.

The cottage is on the road linking Sudbury to Ipswich next to 'The Brewers Arms', a quiet pub in this tiny hamlet of Bowerhouse Tye.

The Harbour and yacht Marinas of Ipswich are just a 15 minute drive from here.

The Cottage is situated right in the heart of rural Suffolk and beautiful open countryside stretch out either side of it, Pretty tiny lanes meander through to Kersey behind the cottage or Polstead in front of it - these lanes are ideal for cycling and the South Suffolk cycle route can easily be picked up from here.

Small pretty villages nestle in the river valleys on all sides, these include the beautiful and perfectly preserved medieval Villages of : -

Lavenham – once a very important ‘Wool Town’ with its legacy of grand rural Architecture.

Long Melford – a famous Antique hunters paradise with two Stately Homes, Kentwell Hall & Melford Hall, both open to the public.

Kersey – the original ‘Old English Village’ with the ford in the highstreet.

Chelsworth – famous for its village ‘open-garden’ weekends.

And many others like the Eleigh's, Bildeston, Boxford, Bures and Nayland.

England’s Greatest Landscape Painter, John Constable painted most of his famous paintings like 'The Haywain' & 'Willy Lot's Cottage' & 'Flatford Mill' along the river valley of The Stour, which runs just a short drive away from this cottage.