A delightful little country village on the road to nowhere and consequently oft driven past, Middleton is the only village in Suffolk to boast its own moor (a large field just a mile from the village centre). The Minsmere river runs through the village on its way to the world famous RSPB reserve with its breath taking marshes and ever growing colony of bittern.

As well as village fetes the village has its own way of predicting the future - the Wren Hunt. Based on a Neolithic Druid tradition of telling the future by listening to the song of a captured wren on the evening of St Stephen's, today's celebration consists of a lantern lit procession from the village hall to The Bell Inn, where there is Molly dancing (the East Anglian form of Morris Dancing. Well worth visiting.

The Bell Inn is a traditional thatched building, good to visit in summer, lovely gardens and winter, cosy open fires.

Close to Dunwich, Minsmere, Walberswick and Southwold, Middleton makes a great base for holidays. Go to Suffolk Cottage Holidays for more details