For some serious down time away from the hustle and bustle of city life, book a holiday rental in the charming market town of Hadleigh in Suffolk, England. This small town has an old-world appeal with its historic churches, and ancient buildings and bridges that date back to medieval times. A walk through the surrounding countryside will take you past bubbling brooks, quiet meadows, rural farmland and ancient woodlands. Not far away is the Suffolk Coast and Heaths, a spot that has been declared an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’. Here you can explore the flowering shrubbery of the heathland where snaking river estuaries cut paths out to the low cliffs and shingle beaches along the North Sea coast. There are also three National Nature Reserves here where you can see a diverse range of birds and wildlife native to the area. Suffolk County also boasts a number of archaeological sites where artefacts from the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age have been unearthed. The best way to explore this delightful area is to rent a holiday home and a car and take day trips to the coast and woodlands. Alternatively, walking paths are plentiful and can be a very relaxing way to see the rural charms of Hadleigh and surrounding countryside.