Blythweb - Your guide to tourism and business around North East Suffolk
View our Blythweb Self Catering Custom Search facility.
Our clickable location maps show lots of Self Catering cottages and bed and breakfasts places around the Blyth Valley. Some locations are in beautiful Suffolk countryside and some in villages or a town setting. There are detailed maps for Southwold and Walberswick which are both on the Suffolk Heritage Coast.
What’s On - We are well and truly into the bright and sunny days of May as we see a range of regular outdoor events kicking off including Thorington Theatre (22nd, 23rd) and the Southwold Model Yacht Regatta on the 25th May, as well as this year's regular Electric Picture Palace shows on every Friday and Saturday. And artist Michael Bullen is putting on an exhibition in Walberswick 24th - 31st May.
If you have a local community event planned in the coming 12 months you can .
Explore a fantastic presentation of the Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet Millennium Map.
This map was made by the people of Wenhaston and Mells to mark the second Millennium and showing their appreciation of the local environment and its well-being.
This, plus other Blythweb Reports can be found on our Featured Reports page.
May is a wonderful time in Suffolk and the morning serenade from the birds especially so!
You can download a six minute MP3 of the Dawn Chorus recorded in the middle of Wenhaston at 4:30am on 6th of May.
Listen to the Dawn Chorus (1mb).
Some Favourite Websites For May 2026:
Sandpiper Beach Hut – A Traditional beach hut on Southwold seafront available to rent by the week
Sandpiper Beach Hut is a traditional Southwold Beach Hut. It has an excellent position overlooking Southwold Beach and Promenade with superb sea views and a stunning sandy beach.
Hetty’s Little Copy Shop – A wide range of printing services - including 3D - plus passport photos and more
The Little Copy Shop is in Thoroughfare, Halesworth, and offers all sorts of useful services involving printing, laminating, scanning, binding and copying plus various photographic services including passport photos.
Walberswick Ferry – Offering river trips as well as special occassion bookings
Climb aboard the launch Daybreeze and follow the River Blyth towards Blythburgh through Walberswick Nature Reserve - an Area of Outstanding National Beauty.
Kate Mawdsley Printmaker – Buy unique and varied Lino Cut and Etching prints of the Blyth Valley countryside
It’s a wonderfully refreshing change to produce individual hand printed images. Each one is unique with its subtle variations in colour and texture. Kate only produces a very limited number of each print and particularly enjoys creating prints of the local Suffolk countryside.
Wissett Village Hall – A well furnished and practical Village Hall for use for events up to 70 standing or 50 seated
Wissett Village Hall prides itself on high quality affordability and is used regularly for a wide variety of events, including but not limited to carpet bowls, yoga, meetings, dinners and parties, jumbles sales, quizzes, horticultural events and art classes.