Woodbridge, UK

Woodbridge is a coastal town in Suffolk UK and is approx 10 km East of Ipswich and 100 kms East of London.

Travel time is 70 mins from the Liverpool Station in London and the nearest international airport is Stansted about 60 km away.
If traveling by train then booking online is essential so that you can get a cheaper fare.
The normal ticket cost is £39 whereas the online ticket cost was only £9 during the non peak periods.
Tickets must be booked online at least 2 days before your travel then you collect the tickets at a machine at most of the bigger stations in London.
The town of Woodbridge is quite small and a car is not essential to get around.
The train to Ipswich runs every hour and costs £4.30

There are plenty of walks and cycle paths and walking around the town only takes an hour or two to see everything you would want to see within the town, but you can walk further :)
Wendy and Len have all the books on walks and cycle paths and I suspect they have done them all as they are both active walkers.
It is quite amazing how many pathways there are throughout the UK.
Woodbridge is on the tidal river Deben and a floodgate system prevents flooding in the town.
The mudflats at low tide provide an abundance of food for the local bird life and as a result it is a bird lovers paradise ... you will see many people birdwatching if the weather is fine.
There seems to be even more people out walking their dogs :)

Deben River at Woodbridge - Tidal Mill in distance

A lot of buildings in Woodbridge are heritage listed and the streets are so narrow that it is impossible to have two opposing cars passing each other and often one car has to pull over and stop to let the other pass.
I was in the bus traveling to Ipswich and the bus driver had to wait for about 10 minutes while a truck parked on the kerbside finished unloading and drove away before the bus could continue.
That convinced me that when I have to leave for the Stansted airport that I will take the train.

Sutton Hoo is a burial ship discovered in 1939 and was discovered on the opposite side of the Deben river from the town, it contained many Anglo Saxon artefacts of significant importance. While most of these treasures are now in the British Museum there is a visitors centre and replicas on the original site just a short distance from Woodbridge.

The Tide Mill is a local attraction that has now been converted to a museum for visitors.
The wooden waterwheel is still operational and drives the mill when the tide is right.
The prominent white buildings can be seen on the river Deben between the railway station and the yacht harbour (which used to be the dam for the Tidal Mill).

One thing that I have noticed about Woodbridge is that the more relaxed lifestyle than London.
Woodbridge is a dog friendly town and every second person seems to own one.
When visiting a local bar one evening there were 3 Labradors walking around.
The barman said he gets on better with the dogs than the people sometimes.
There is only one large sporting ground and it seemed to be packed when we were there and the array of facilities was quite impressive.
There is even a pool for model yachts that gets well used.
It was great to see all the kids and their yachts.

Kids racing their yachts