Local Gems
Amongst the well-known landmarks of East Anglia are some remarkable little-known gems. The peaceful village of Orford on the Suffolk coast, for example, stands by a six-mile shingle spit that is ideal for exhilarating walks and bird watching. Wells-next-the-sea in Norfolk is another local phenomenon that few tourists know about. In medieval times the pretty town was a major trading port but then the harbour silted up and it's now a mile inland.
The region has much to offer anyone interested in agriculture too. You can occasionally find the iconic Suffolk Punch horses, the world's oldest working breed. Rarer now than the Giant Panda, thankfully a few are still bred at the oldest Punch stud farm: Hollesley Bay near Woodbridge.
A glimpse of the marshy fenland that covered much of old East Anglia can still be seen at Wicken Fen near Ely which was also Britain's first nature reserve.
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