Christmas Presents from Suffolk
Looking for that perfect Christmas present? Here you'll find some unusual and fabulous gifts from around Suffolk that are sure to delight your friends and family.
If you're looking for an exceptional, once in a lifetime Christmas gift booking Woodhall manor for a magical Christmas day, or a fabulous New Year's Eve party might be just the idea for you.
Woodhall Manor is available for an exclusive three day hire over the Christmas period, and for NYE celebrations. What a great gift! Set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, close to Woodbridge and the Heritage Coast, Woodhall Manor is something special. A privately owned country house dating from 1566, Woodhall makes the perfect setting for an exclusive wedding, a business retreat, corporate or private events or a house party to remember.
You can also have your Christmas Parties at Woodhall Manor. Prices start from just £24.95 pp. Please click on the link above for more information
Woodhall Manor is an idyllic place for a private party over the Christmas or New Year season, so get your friends or family together and book a trip to Woodbridge for a memorable Christmas!
Jim Lawrence is well known as Suffolk's leading Handcrafted home furnishing producer, manufacturing a wide range of top quality, stylish curtain poles, lighting, fireplace and door & window furniture. This year they moved to a new showroom in the picturesque town of Hadleigh.
For hundreds of Christmas Gift Ideas starting from as little as £4 visit the Jim Lawrence showroom in Hadleigh. Or save time and shop on-line at www.jim-lawrence.co.uk or order the new catalogue from 01473 828176.
If you know a creative someone who would appreciate a truly unique Christmas present, why not help them express their artistic abilities by booking them a place on a Water Colour Weekend with Deborah Ardizzone, Yoxford. Deborah's wonderful weekends are for both the beginner and the expert alike, and are sure to make a lovely surprise gift for that special someone. The weekends run from 10am to 4pm and cost £70. Please click on the link above for available dates and to make a reservation.
For all you foodies out there, Thorpeness Hotel, Apartments and Golf Club offer wonderful food-related breaks that would make a great Christmas Present for anyone who appreciates good food. Guests are invited to stay for three nights and join in with fun culinary masterclasses and dine on delicious food cooked by Head Chef, David Ryan. For full details and to reserve your Christmas gift now, please click on the link above.
Instead of the same old socks and bubble bath, why not give your loved one a well deserved break in one of Best of Suffolk's lovely cottages? They'll be thanking you all year!
Best of Suffolk’s cottage holidays provide inspiring self-catering accommodation, many with stunning sea views, pretty village locations or deep in the glorious English countryside.
Their Suffolk holiday cottages are situated in Aldeburgh, Southwold, Thorpeness and Orford as well as in great rural locations. Click on the link above for more information.
Fabulous Christmas Gifts at The Cuckoo Flower!
Looking for inspiration with your Christmas Gift shopping this year? Look no further than the two Cuckoo Flower and Cuckoo Flower Home shops in beautiful, historic Long Melford.
Both shops are packed with Christmas Gift ideas for ladies, gents and children of whatever age, including Stunning Jewellery, Stylish Handbags, Scarves & Accessories, Indulgent Toiletries, Gifts for Children, Home Furnishings, and Kitchen Accessories. There is also a Gift Voucher service, so your recipient can choose a wonderful gift to suit them.
Come along and view! With free, unlimited parking and many other lovely shops, cafes, galleries and restaurants in Long Melford, it will make your Christmas shopping more pleasurable.
Suffolk is truly a heaven for Foodies so we have to start this collection of Gift ideas with CHRISTMAS HAMPERS! These Huntley & Palmers Christmas Puddings were the BBC Good Food Show's 'Must Have' Pudding, so you Must Have them in your hamper from Suffolk!
Suffolk Food Hall have come up with some fantastic Foodie treats and they are going to be open on some late nights in December to help - see The Suffolk Food Hall.
Here are a few ideas that may help:
- A DIY Hamper tray with filling, wrapping and ribbon
- Granny’s favourite: Chocolate Olivers Tin and Syrup Waffles Tin
- Martin Guliver Eggcup set
- ‘Cheese Lovers Hamper’
- Stour Valley organic lemon & lavender marmalade
- The chunky Butcher’s end grain block
- Magic Cakeshop cup by Susie Watson
- ‘Holly Daze’ beer & glass set from Bartram’s Brewery
- ‘Chocolate Lovers Hamper’
- The complete St Peter’s beer gift case
Something for everyone!
Close by The Suffolk Food Hall at Jimmy's Farm they have launched a range of fantastic Christmas hampers. There are three ranges:
1. Our Jimmy's Farm Garden Hampers - perfect gifts for the keen gardeners you know!
2. Jimmy's Farm Christmas Fare Hampers - packed with wonderful free ranges meats and deli goods to get your through the Christmas Period
3. Our Deli Hampers - ideal for gifts under the tree, these hampers have no perishable items in them and are full of yummy treats
Click here to order now Jimmy's Farm.
These delicious Chocolate Olivers from Huntley & Palmers are new and perfect for Christmas. Find them at all good Farm Shops and Farmers Markets in Suffolk.
Christmas and New Year Hotel Breaks in Suffolk - what better way to end 2009 than by luxuriating at a top Hotel in Suffolk over the festive season? Snug by the fire, resting in between tempting (or healthy, you choose) meals in the restaurant, a great way to start the New Year.
Book a Hotel break for your loved one or get them a Hotel Voucher so that they can choose. You're sure to be onto a winner - check out Christmas and New Year breaks in Suffolk now for a very relaxing break!
Gift Vouchers are a great way of giving someone an opportunity of a Gift that they wouldn't necessarily buy for themselves, whilst also providing them with lots of flexibility and choice. So a real winner! You can buy gift vouchers for all sorts of things -
Food Safari runs events and workshops that give you behind-the-scene access to some of Suffolk’s best loved food and drinks producers.
Some of the events running include:
Wild Meat Day - learn how to prepare pheasant, venison, rabbit or other game, enjoy a game cookery demonstration and game feast.
Wild Food Day – explore the countryside, coast and a domestic garden to learn to find common wild foods and mushrooms.
Free Range Pork Day - farm walk, butchery demo and sausage-making and pork feast.
Catch & Cook – off-shore fishing, learn to prepare the fish with a chef and enjoy a seafood feast.
Seafood Day - river fishing trip in search of lobster, crab and other seafood, followed by a tour of Pinney's of Orford's traditional smokehouse and oysterbeds.
If you are not sure which event to book, a voucher is the perfect option because the recipient can chose whichever event they would like to join. Vouchers can either be sent to you or direct to the recipient, just let Food Safari know when you place your order. Please click on the link above for more details.
Colne Valley Railway features an award-winning period Country Railway, a Garden Railway, a Travelling Post Office Exhibition, plus a large and varied collection of operational vintage steam & diesel engines, carriages and wagons. You can now buy vouchers for wonderful days out such as:
Steam or Diesel Driving Experiences
Dining Trains - Murder Mystery Evening or Sunday Lunches
Days Out With Thomas the Tank Engine - Gift Certificates for our regular Thomas Days
Season Tickets - This offers great discount for both Thomas and Santa events as well as entrance throughout the year
Please click on Colne Valley's link above for booking information.
Great Escape Cars offer Gift Vouchers for Christmas presents. If your nearest and dearest has always dreamt of cruising round the country lanes in an open top, classic car, you can give them that chance! Priceless.Great Escape Cars.
Do you know someone who enjoys adventure, the great outdoors and travelling? For a truly unique and exciting Christmas gift, why not give one of Nomad Living's special Campervan Christmas Vouchers?
The VW camper vans are perfect for special occasions such as Christmas, weddings, birthdays, or anniversaries. The campers look so gorgeous when they are decorated for that special occasion and have been a wonderful surprise for boys and girls both young and old.
If your friends like something a bit more active - how about an action packed day at sea with Sailing Days? Here's the chance to be Captain of the Ship, if only for a day!
Sailing Days in Ipswich offer vouchers for full and half-day sailing trips aboard the luxurious New Jeanneau 42 Deck Saloon yacht. These trips are suitable for te experienced sailer and the beginner alike, and the day can be either 'active' or relaxing, and some trips include onboard, al fresco dining. It is also possible to hire yachts for Corporate events, such as team-building days, or would make a wonderfully extravagant and unforgettable Christmas present for employees. Booking is essential so please click on the link above.
Courses - there are a range of courses that you could send your family and friends on to improve their skiils, their minds, or just to have a bit of fun! If they've alweays wanted to try their hand at pottery, watercolours, improve their cooking or thatch a house you'll find a course for them in Suffolk.
For example, at Assington Mill your friends can go on a STORYTELLING FOR BEGINNERS course, or perhaps an intensive GILDING course where participants can learn how to water and oil gild. Just click on Assington's website and you can order Gift Vouchers for any of the courses they offer.
Or just click here for a FULL LIST of Courses in Suffolk.
Dreaming of a Green Christmas? Gifts that don’t Cost the Earth from Green Eyed Frog.
Green Eyed Frog, an up and coming Suffolk based on-line eco gift store, is offering customers the opportunity to buy ‘green’ gifts for friends and family and have then personally gift wrapped with Fair Trade environmentally friendly paper.
For the individualist with a green conscience this Christmas who can think of a better way to spend your money than on eco, organic, fair trade and recycled gifts?
Don’t give your hard-earned cash to unethical brands, check out Green Eyed Frog for sustainable present ideas. We specialise in gifts for children and baby including blankets, wooden toys, solar and brick construction sets. For adults why not browse the homeware, garden, gadgets, jewellery and organic toiletry departments to find that special gift. For the personal touch a bespoke gift wrap service is available.
"The earth doesn't belong to us, it is lent to us by our children" A. de Saint Exupéry
A theatre trip is always a great success - whether you're looking for something light hearted or a thought provoking play check out Suffolk's Theatres for a great night out.
Or how about a work of art as a long lasting momento to adorn the walls or sit on the coffee table?
Check out our Art Galleries in Suffolk - they have something to suit every taste
Please also see Shoppers' Guide to Suffolk.
If you're looking for an exceptional, once in a lifetime Christmas gift booking Woodhall manor for a magical Christmas day, or a fabulous New Year's Eve party might be just the idea for you.
Woodhall Manor is available for an exclusive three day hire over the Christmas period, and for NYE celebrations. What a great gift! Set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, close to Woodbridge and the Heritage Coast, Woodhall Manor is something special. A privately owned country house dating from 1566, Woodhall makes the perfect setting for an exclusive wedding, a business retreat, corporate or private events or a house party to remember.
You can also have your Christmas Parties at Woodhall Manor. Prices start from just £24.95 pp. Please click on the link above for more information
Woodhall Manor is an idyllic place for a private party over the Christmas or New Year season, so get your friends or family together and book a trip to Woodbridge for a memorable Christmas!
Jim Lawrence is well known as Suffolk's leading Handcrafted home furnishing producer, manufacturing a wide range of top quality, stylish curtain poles, lighting, fireplace and door & window furniture. This year they moved to a new showroom in the picturesque town of Hadleigh.
For hundreds of Christmas Gift Ideas starting from as little as £4 visit the Jim Lawrence showroom in Hadleigh. Or save time and shop on-line at www.jim-lawrence.co.uk or order the new catalogue from 01473 828176.
If you know a creative someone who would appreciate a truly unique Christmas present, why not help them express their artistic abilities by booking them a place on a Water Colour Weekend with Deborah Ardizzone, Yoxford. Deborah's wonderful weekends are for both the beginner and the expert alike, and are sure to make a lovely surprise gift for that special someone. The weekends run from 10am to 4pm and cost £70. Please click on the link above for available dates and to make a reservation.
For all you foodies out there, Thorpeness Hotel, Apartments and Golf Club offer wonderful food-related breaks that would make a great Christmas Present for anyone who appreciates good food. Guests are invited to stay for three nights and join in with fun culinary masterclasses and dine on delicious food cooked by Head Chef, David Ryan. For full details and to reserve your Christmas gift now, please click on the link above.
Instead of the same old socks and bubble bath, why not give your loved one a well deserved break in one of Best of Suffolk's lovely cottages? They'll be thanking you all year!
Best of Suffolk’s cottage holidays provide inspiring self-catering accommodation, many with stunning sea views, pretty village locations or deep in the glorious English countryside.
Their Suffolk holiday cottages are situated in Aldeburgh, Southwold, Thorpeness and Orford as well as in great rural locations. Click on the link above for more information.
Fabulous Christmas Gifts at The Cuckoo Flower!
Looking for inspiration with your Christmas Gift shopping this year? Look no further than the two Cuckoo Flower and Cuckoo Flower Home shops in beautiful, historic Long Melford.
Both shops are packed with Christmas Gift ideas for ladies, gents and children of whatever age, including Stunning Jewellery, Stylish Handbags, Scarves & Accessories, Indulgent Toiletries, Gifts for Children, Home Furnishings, and Kitchen Accessories. There is also a Gift Voucher service, so your recipient can choose a wonderful gift to suit them.
Come along and view! With free, unlimited parking and many other lovely shops, cafes, galleries and restaurants in Long Melford, it will make your Christmas shopping more pleasurable.
Blackthorpe Barn Christmas Crafts
Suffolk’s Christmas spirit is awakened every year in November as many thousands of people flock, from far and wide, to the beautiful Blackthorpe Barn in Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds.
With a vast array of exhibitors, many of them will change from weekend to weekend; the beauty of this event is that each and every craft represented is 100% British and created by the exhibitors themselves. Visitors are guaranteed to see something completely unique! For dates, directions and parking see our advert above
Suffolk’s Christmas spirit is awakened every year in November as many thousands of people flock, from far and wide, to the beautiful Blackthorpe Barn in Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds.
With a vast array of exhibitors, many of them will change from weekend to weekend; the beauty of this event is that each and every craft represented is 100% British and created by the exhibitors themselves. Visitors are guaranteed to see something completely unique! For dates, directions and parking see our advert above
Suffolk is truly a heaven for Foodies so we have to start this collection of Gift ideas with CHRISTMAS HAMPERS! These Huntley & Palmers Christmas Puddings were the BBC Good Food Show's 'Must Have' Pudding, so you Must Have them in your hamper from Suffolk!
Suffolk Food Hall have come up with some fantastic Foodie treats and they are going to be open on some late nights in December to help - see The Suffolk Food Hall.
Here are a few ideas that may help:
- A DIY Hamper tray with filling, wrapping and ribbon
- Granny’s favourite: Chocolate Olivers Tin and Syrup Waffles Tin
- Martin Guliver Eggcup set
- ‘Cheese Lovers Hamper’
- Stour Valley organic lemon & lavender marmalade
- The chunky Butcher’s end grain block
- Magic Cakeshop cup by Susie Watson
- ‘Holly Daze’ beer & glass set from Bartram’s Brewery
- ‘Chocolate Lovers Hamper’
- The complete St Peter’s beer gift case
Something for everyone!
Close by The Suffolk Food Hall at Jimmy's Farm they have launched a range of fantastic Christmas hampers. There are three ranges:
1. Our Jimmy's Farm Garden Hampers - perfect gifts for the keen gardeners you know!
2. Jimmy's Farm Christmas Fare Hampers - packed with wonderful free ranges meats and deli goods to get your through the Christmas Period
3. Our Deli Hampers - ideal for gifts under the tree, these hampers have no perishable items in them and are full of yummy treats
Click here to order now Jimmy's Farm.
These delicious Chocolate Olivers from Huntley & Palmers are new and perfect for Christmas. Find them at all good Farm Shops and Farmers Markets in Suffolk.
Christmas and New Year Hotel Breaks in Suffolk - what better way to end 2009 than by luxuriating at a top Hotel in Suffolk over the festive season? Snug by the fire, resting in between tempting (or healthy, you choose) meals in the restaurant, a great way to start the New Year.
Book a Hotel break for your loved one or get them a Hotel Voucher so that they can choose. You're sure to be onto a winner - check out Christmas and New Year breaks in Suffolk now for a very relaxing break!
Gift Vouchers are a great way of giving someone an opportunity of a Gift that they wouldn't necessarily buy for themselves, whilst also providing them with lots of flexibility and choice. So a real winner! You can buy gift vouchers for all sorts of things -
Food Safari runs events and workshops that give you behind-the-scene access to some of Suffolk’s best loved food and drinks producers.
Some of the events running include:
Wild Meat Day - learn how to prepare pheasant, venison, rabbit or other game, enjoy a game cookery demonstration and game feast.
Wild Food Day – explore the countryside, coast and a domestic garden to learn to find common wild foods and mushrooms.
Free Range Pork Day - farm walk, butchery demo and sausage-making and pork feast.
Catch & Cook – off-shore fishing, learn to prepare the fish with a chef and enjoy a seafood feast.
Seafood Day - river fishing trip in search of lobster, crab and other seafood, followed by a tour of Pinney's of Orford's traditional smokehouse and oysterbeds.
If you are not sure which event to book, a voucher is the perfect option because the recipient can chose whichever event they would like to join. Vouchers can either be sent to you or direct to the recipient, just let Food Safari know when you place your order. Please click on the link above for more details.
Colne Valley Railway features an award-winning period Country Railway, a Garden Railway, a Travelling Post Office Exhibition, plus a large and varied collection of operational vintage steam & diesel engines, carriages and wagons. You can now buy vouchers for wonderful days out such as:
Steam or Diesel Driving Experiences
Dining Trains - Murder Mystery Evening or Sunday Lunches
Days Out With Thomas the Tank Engine - Gift Certificates for our regular Thomas Days
Season Tickets - This offers great discount for both Thomas and Santa events as well as entrance throughout the year
Please click on Colne Valley's link above for booking information.
Great Escape Cars offer Gift Vouchers for Christmas presents. If your nearest and dearest has always dreamt of cruising round the country lanes in an open top, classic car, you can give them that chance! Priceless.Great Escape Cars.
Do you know someone who enjoys adventure, the great outdoors and travelling? For a truly unique and exciting Christmas gift, why not give one of Nomad Living's special Campervan Christmas Vouchers?
The VW camper vans are perfect for special occasions such as Christmas, weddings, birthdays, or anniversaries. The campers look so gorgeous when they are decorated for that special occasion and have been a wonderful surprise for boys and girls both young and old.
If your friends like something a bit more active - how about an action packed day at sea with Sailing Days? Here's the chance to be Captain of the Ship, if only for a day!
Sailing Days in Ipswich offer vouchers for full and half-day sailing trips aboard the luxurious New Jeanneau 42 Deck Saloon yacht. These trips are suitable for te experienced sailer and the beginner alike, and the day can be either 'active' or relaxing, and some trips include onboard, al fresco dining. It is also possible to hire yachts for Corporate events, such as team-building days, or would make a wonderfully extravagant and unforgettable Christmas present for employees. Booking is essential so please click on the link above.
Courses - there are a range of courses that you could send your family and friends on to improve their skiils, their minds, or just to have a bit of fun! If they've alweays wanted to try their hand at pottery, watercolours, improve their cooking or thatch a house you'll find a course for them in Suffolk.
For example, at Assington Mill your friends can go on a STORYTELLING FOR BEGINNERS course, or perhaps an intensive GILDING course where participants can learn how to water and oil gild. Just click on Assington's website and you can order Gift Vouchers for any of the courses they offer.
Or just click here for a FULL LIST of Courses in Suffolk.
Dreaming of a Green Christmas? Gifts that don’t Cost the Earth from Green Eyed Frog.
Green Eyed Frog, an up and coming Suffolk based on-line eco gift store, is offering customers the opportunity to buy ‘green’ gifts for friends and family and have then personally gift wrapped with Fair Trade environmentally friendly paper.
For the individualist with a green conscience this Christmas who can think of a better way to spend your money than on eco, organic, fair trade and recycled gifts?
Don’t give your hard-earned cash to unethical brands, check out Green Eyed Frog for sustainable present ideas. We specialise in gifts for children and baby including blankets, wooden toys, solar and brick construction sets. For adults why not browse the homeware, garden, gadgets, jewellery and organic toiletry departments to find that special gift. For the personal touch a bespoke gift wrap service is available.
"The earth doesn't belong to us, it is lent to us by our children" A. de Saint Exupéry
A theatre trip is always a great success - whether you're looking for something light hearted or a thought provoking play check out Suffolk's Theatres for a great night out.
Or how about a work of art as a long lasting momento to adorn the walls or sit on the coffee table?
Check out our Art Galleries in Suffolk - they have something to suit every taste
Please also see Shoppers' Guide to Suffolk.
