Oak Lodge Retreat

Dad's Army aficionados: you might be pleased to know that a national exhibition dedicated to the show is a 15-minute drive away at Bressingham Steam & Gardens – which also has a collection of working locomotives to whizz around on. If fishing’s what you’re a fan of, chances to go angling can be had at Diss Mere while meets and greets with monkeys, alpacas and exotic birds are possible in Shorelands Wildlife Gardens (both 15 minutes from the site). Speaking of winged critters, you can also set off for the Redgrave and Lopham Fens, 20 minutes away and one of Europe’s most important wetlands, to look out for hobbies by day and barn owls as evening falls. For a gander at other things that ply the skies, the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is also 20 minutes away; mosey on over to this museum to see a collection of aircraft-related bits and bobs near the old RAF Bungay airfield. Activities strictly related to firm ground can be had at Thetford Forest, Britain’s biggest lowland pine forest, with walks aplenty through the trees to choose from.