Local Events
Looking for ideas of local events during your stay here at Constable Holiday Lodges, then look no further. (Page updated end of each month)
Looking for ideas things to do, places to visit and local events then look no further:
ON THE DOOR STEP EVENTS
2024
1st Friday every month | Cinema club | Constable Hall East Bergholt
https://www.eastbergholt.org.uk/clubs/shared/showgenpage.aspx?page=home&dyn_menu_mainmenu=1000025
16th March – 7th April | East Egg Hunt | National Trust Flatford
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/flatford/events
7th April | National Garden Scheme open Gardens | Place for Plants
https://www.placeforplants.co.uk/events-garden-open-days/
28th April | National Garden Scheme open Gardens celebrating 30 years | Place for Plants
https://www.placeforplants.co.uk/events-garden-open-days/
18th may | Hadleigh Show | Hadleigh
https://www.hadleighshow.co.uk/
18th May | The Stour From Manningtree to Mistley | Manningtree station
29th& 30th May | Suffolk Show | Ipswich
21st – 23rd June | Suffolk Weekend (County wide celebration) | Place for Plants
https://www.placeforplants.co.uk/events-garden-open-days/
13th July | Tendring Show | Manningtree
https://www.tendringshow.co.uk/
20th July | Shades of Simon Picnic Concert | Flatford National Trust
https://www.bandsintown.com/e/105163151-shades-of-simon-at-national-trust-car-park-flatford
19th & 30th July | Manningtree Beer festival
Link to follow
11th August | Dedham Vale Mill Swim and Picnic | Dedham Village
https://www.entrycentral.com/event/123386
31st August | East Bergholt Horticultural Society Annual Show | Constable Hall, East Bergholt
http://eastbergholthorticulturalsociety.onesuffolk.net/events/
13th – 15th September | Bulb weekend | Place for Plants
https://www.placeforplants.co.uk/events-garden-open-days/
6th October | National Garden Scheme open Gardens | Place for Plants
https://www.placeforplants.co.uk/events-garden-open-days/
7th December | East Bergholt Christmas Parade & Market
Link to follow
East Bergholt Society, a website is a must to discover East Bergholt and Flatford, with an interactive map which incorporates local history and stories of note, a complete guide to John Constable painting sites and a comprehensive list of facilities in the village.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/flatford
EVENTS IN 2024
https://www.visitcolchester.com/whats-on
https://allaboutipswich.com/events
https://www.visitsuffolk.com/whats-on
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/united-kingdom--suffolk/events/
https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/things-to-do/events
https://ipswichtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/
FURTHER AFIELD | THINGS TO DO | PLACES TO VISIT
https://www.trinityparkevents.co.uk/events-diary/
https://www.mdbc.co.uk/events/
https://www.visitcolchester.com/things-to-do
https://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/things-to-do/east/suffolk/ipswich
https://www.visitsuffolk.com/see-do
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/south-east-england/suffolk/top-10-beaches
https://www.thetouristtrail.org/guides/suffolk-guides/suffolk-villages-and-towns/\
https://www.visitsuffolk.com/see-do/family
https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/top-10-free-family-days-out
https://www.thetouristtrail.org/guides/suffolk-guides/pubs-in-suffolk/
https://www.great-days-out.co.uk/east-of-england/essex/
https://letsgowiththechildren.co.uk/places-to-go/east-bergholt/
2025
Date TBC | East Bergholt Open Gardens
https://www.opengardens.co.uk/open_gardens.php?id=1292