Outdoor Sports in Suffolk
Partaking in an Outdoor Sport is a great way to spend a fun family day out (just mind that you don’t get too competitive!), or to get fit and de-stress with friends or on your own. This beautiful county is full of splendid green countryside, striking blue coastlines and other wonderful sights that can be enjoyed whilst participating in one of the many varied Outdoor Sports in Suffolk.
Golf is a firm favourite for many when it comes to sporting in the great outdoors. It is a great way to relax and get some gentle exercise. There are a number of fantastic golf courses to choose from in Suffolk.
Newton Green Golf Club is one of the most challenging courses in Suffolk, just east of Sudbury. There you can enjoy the tests and delights of its exceptional moorland course. The club’s carefully prepared 18-hole course offers a unique experience of heath and parkland golf. For more information, please click on the link above.
Clare Park Lake Golf Course Club is a lovely, little-yet-challenging 9-hole course that runs along a picturesque lake beside the River Stour. The course and club are open to all - including experienced golfers to novices, ladies, juniors and retired people. Pay & Play is available. The Clubhouse is a great place to relax with some refreshment beofre or after the game, and is also open to visitors who are just observing.
Woodbridge Golf Club is a members only club that boasts two heathland courses - the 27 hole Heath Course and the 9 hole Forest Course, both located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Please click on their link for full details, and visit their website for information on membership and their Golf Open Events.
For a full list please see Golf Clubs in Suffolk.
Outdoor Sports in Suffolk
Water also has a wonderfully calming effect on most people, and the teamwork involved in operating a boat is a great way for friends and families to bond.
A thrilling & active day out can be had at Alton Water Sports Centre. Based in 400 acres of beautiful Suffolk countryside, the Reservoir has a highly acclaimed and long established RYA approved training centre which is the largest and most active in East Anglia. You can take part in Sailing, Rowing, Canoeing, Paddle boarding, Sculling or Windsurfing! The centre is open every day of the year, excluding Christmas Day, and is open to both members and day visitors.
On the River Stour at Flatford, Flatford Boats, East Bergholt provide the perfect summer family day out in the form of the cheapest boat hire in the UK! Their prices start at just £6 per hour and £4 per half hour. Take a rowing boat along the Stour Valley and row upstream following the river as it meanders through the water meadows towards Dedham. Once you feel you have rowed far enough, you can let the gentle river current carry you back your starting point!
A great day's sailing comes from Viking Mariners, Ipswich. On this fantastic day out you can soak up the invigorating sea air and first class services of one of the UK’s premier boating locations on the East Coast! All sailing yachts and power vessels are fully equipped to provide you with everything needed to make your event truly unique. Viking Mariners offer a range of events, whether bespoke to your personal needs or one of the fixed price packages.
Surely one of the most relaxing, water-related Outdoor Sports around is fishing. This patient sport is highly rewarding in Suffolk, with the variety of water drawing keen anglers in droves. There are many opportunities for a lovely day's fishing in the county, please see Fishing in Suffolk for a full listing.
Outdoor Sports in Suffolk
If your idea of an Outdoor Sport has more to do with thrills, spills and excitement than anything else, Suffolk also has a number of great Extreme Sport options that will get your pulse racing!
Suffolk Moto Park, Ipswich, offers the ultimate off-road driving experience for the whole family. Here you can take part in outdoor activities such as 4x4 Driving, Quad Riding and Dirt Karting. There are Junior Quads for 9-16 year-olds, and Clay Pigeon Shooting. All three of the adult driving activities plus the shooting can be combined into a package called "The Four Way Challenge", available for stag & hen parties, birthday parties, and for club or corporate events.
Equally exciting yet still family-friendly is Fulton's Shooting, Worlington. Fulton’s introduce newcomers of all ages to the thrilling world of ‘clay target shooting’, one of the fastest growing sports in the UK. They provide ‘Have-a-go’ taster sessions for first-time shooters. The sessions are generally one-2-one but can be adapted to suit the needs of families.
You can experience not just one, not just two but three of the above mentioned Outdoor Sports of golf, fishing and clay shooting at High Lodge, Saxmundham! Situated in 100 acres of woodland and delightful countryside High Lodge offers a range of activities and services for individuals, groups, businesses and other organisations, plus lodge accommodation and a handy retail shop for all your sporting needs.
One place you are sure to find an outdoor sport of your liking is at Suffolk Leisure Park, Ipswich. Here you will a variety of outdoors facilities including 3 dry ski slopes, a tobogganing slope, a climbing wall, the high ropes course and a golf driving range. Suffolk Leisure Park is suitable for all ages and levels of skill, so why not treat the family to a fun-skilled day out soon?
Please click here for our FULL LIST of Outdoor Sports in Suffolk, and also view our article on Open Air Suffolk.
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