Old Brooder Bunkhouse
Old Brooder Bunkhouse, Sudbury, Suffolk offers plenty of chance for adventure. Explore the local scenery, kayak down the River Stour & more.Old Brooder Bunkhouse, The Hall, Milden, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 9NY
Call Juliet Hawkins on 01787 247235
Farm stay luxury accommodation near Lavenham
The bunkhouse sleeps 22 single guests in two 8-bed rooms and two 2-bed rooms with 3ft wide, joiner-made oak bunk beds and conventional beds with comfortable mattresses, and twin beds in the restored Shepherd’s Hut - all made up with linen. 4 WC, 4 separate showers. You can all cook and eat together in the kitchen or relax together in the cosy upstairs sitting room.
The bunkhouse is perfect for friends, walkers, cyclists, scouts, school or church groups, and civilised hens to get together, BBQ on a summer evening, play croquet, badminton, ping-pong,table football, rounders, football - and beyond explore the tracks and enjoy the wildlife around our lovely farm.
Bunkhouse hire includes the use of 20+ adult road bikes so you can explore the local historic towns on the quiet country lanes of the South Suffolk Cycle Route and our own planned circular routes - and try our Wool Town Quiz. BYO bikes if you're on one of the Long Distance Sustrans routes that passes within 2 miles of here. Alternatively hire boats and kayak down the River Stour from Sudbury, Go Ape in Thetford Forest, visit local National Trust properties, enjoy Gainsborough House art exhibitions and print workshop courses, explore local castles (and our own castle earthworks) or re-enact different eras at nearby Kentwell Hall or the West Stow Anglo Saxon village. Visit bird reserves on the coast and nature reserves closer to home - or spend a wet day at Colchester Zoo.
If you have a larger group or a bigger budget consider the completely the separate Tudor barn which sleeps 23+ (also in this guide).
The bunkhouse sleeps 22 single guests in two 8-bed rooms and two 2-bed rooms with 3ft wide, joiner-made oak bunk beds and conventional beds with comfortable mattresses, and twin beds in the restored Shepherd’s Hut - all made up with linen. 4 WC, 4 separate showers. You can all cook and eat together in the kitchen or relax together in the cosy upstairs sitting room.
The bunkhouse is perfect for friends, walkers, cyclists, scouts, school or church groups, and civilised hens to get together, BBQ on a summer evening, play croquet, badminton, ping-pong,table football, rounders, football - and beyond explore the tracks and enjoy the wildlife around our lovely farm.
Bunkhouse hire includes the use of 20+ adult road bikes so you can explore the local historic towns on the quiet country lanes of the South Suffolk Cycle Route and our own planned circular routes - and try our Wool Town Quiz. BYO bikes if you're on one of the Long Distance Sustrans routes that passes within 2 miles of here. Alternatively hire boats and kayak down the River Stour from Sudbury, Go Ape in Thetford Forest, visit local National Trust properties, enjoy Gainsborough House art exhibitions and print workshop courses, explore local castles (and our own castle earthworks) or re-enact different eras at nearby Kentwell Hall or the West Stow Anglo Saxon village. Visit bird reserves on the coast and nature reserves closer to home - or spend a wet day at Colchester Zoo.
If you have a larger group or a bigger budget consider the completely the separate Tudor barn which sleeps 23+ (also in this guide).
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22: 3x2, 2x8Open:
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W/ends: 2 nights min from £1250. 3 nights Bank Hols £2,700. 2 nights m/week from £900. Ask for a quote for small groups or 1-night stays.Booking:
By email or telephone, non refundable deposit required.Directions:
0.6 mile farm drive is opposite telephone box in village of Milden, fork right in farm yard, bunkhouse car park on left. Or ... 0.3 mile front drive on sharp bend (and quite easy to miss, especially in the dark) on the B1115 between Milden crossroads and Little Waldingfield village.Public Transport :
Train: from south to Sudbury (15mins) change at Marks Tey on Liverpool St-Colchester line, from north and west to Bury St Edmunds (25 mins).Walks :
Long Distance Walks Cathedral Cycle Route
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This accommodation is available at the following peak times
Available August Bank Holiday 2023 Available October Half Term 2024 Available for Christmas 2023 Available New Year 2024 / 2025 Available February Half Term 2025 Available Easter 2025Facilities
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30% discount on 17-19 May Suffolk farm stay for up to 22 guests
April 10th 2024
Only weekend in May available @ £1,590 for up to 16 guests, extra guests @ £70pp to include use of adult road bikes and tennis court. Enjoy pottering around our farm trails – meet the two piglets, listen to birdsong or watch newts in the ponds – always glorious in spring. Borrow our bikes, or walk the footpaths, to explore the Wool Town villages on quiet country lanes with nature reserves and great pubs along the way. Get the train here and have a low carbon footprint weekend!
The Old Brooder is super-comfortable – you can cook and feast in the kitchen, barbecue and eat on the sunny terrace or enjoy locally brewed beer at a nearby pub. Croquet in the garden, board games inside. Plenty of beds to choose from, lots of showers and WCs. Call us to discuss or email with details of your group and we’ll get back to you.
Easter farm stay at the Old Brooder Bunkhouse, Suffolk
March 14th 2024
Easter weekend and midweek Easter breaks available on our lovely environmentally-friendly Suffolk farm in both our Old Brooder Bunkhouse and the Tudor Barn. Farm trails to walk, adult road bikes to borrow. Easter eggs to hunt, spring wildflowers, ponds with courting newts, hunting barn owls, dawn chorus …. come and enjoy sole use of these lovely properties in spring! Quote IHUK.
The Old Brooder is really cosy and then … step outside into glorious spring on the farm. We have family activity idea packs with lots of ideas to do whilst you’re here – on-site tree hugging, den-building, bird-watching, wild art attacks and walking and then planned circular walking and cycling routes for further afield.
Contact us with number and approximate age range of guests, preferred arrival and departure dates and we’ll get back to you with a quote – and perhaps a discount if you quote IHUK.
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