Aldeburgh in April, Aldeburgh, England

As you will have realised if you’re a regular reader of my blog, Aldeburgh in Suffolk has become one of my favourite places for a short break. I’m just back from my third visit and although April brought more than a few showers, and there were still lots of March winds blowing, it was still great to be there again. And I did, of course, stay in the lovely The Cross Keys pub again, where there are only three rooms so you have to book well in advance - as I did!

Finding Aldeburgh was due to luck rather than any kind of serious research; no one had suggested it to me either. I decided back in 2022 that I’d like to explore Suffolk as it was an English county I didn’t know and it’s not too long a drive from my home in SW London. My only requirement was to be by the sea and preferably find somewhere to stay with a sea view. I looked at places from Southwold in the north of Suffolk and down as far as Aldeburgh because on the map it looked a good place to stop my search. When my search took me to Aldeburgh and The Cross Keys, I decided that looked perfect; just what I was looking for.

I’ve written about The Cross Keys before. Just one room has a sea view, across an outside seating area, but that’s good enough for me. The pub is so well located in the town, everything is nearby. It’s an Adnams Brewery pub, a Suffolk brewery based in Southwold, and they have other pubs in the area with rooms. I was given the room I’d had before, and as always, everything is thoughtfully laid out, including a tray with kettle, a big carafe of water which is refilled each day, and a good selection of Clipper organic teas. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).