The Suffolk Escape is surrounded by beautiful countryside. We endeavour to keep The Suffolk Escape and our farm a very special tranquil place and where possible we aim to reduce our carbon footprint. As guests and visitors could you please spare a few minutes to read this policy and help us achieve this.
As a business we aim to recycle as much as possible. We recycle 100% of all glass and cardboard used by any member of our team. We encourage all lodge guests to separate such materials so that we can recycle on their behalf. Facilities are available onsite, such as bottle deposits and also each cabin has recycling bins.
The office uses recycled paper where possible and printing is kept to a minimum, our website has been developed to maximise online communication to lower the volume of printing required.
We encourage our guests to recycle, a recycle bin is provided in the cabins and additional facilities are available on site, such as bottle deposits.
Our bespoke log cabins are made from solid logs. Growing trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere at a rate of 1 tonne for every m³ of growth and convert it into carbohydrates through photosynthesis, while releasing the oxygen we breathe. The CO2 is locked away for the tree’s life and also the life of the timber and paper products coming from the tree. The best way to use forests is as a carbon sink, by harvesting the timber and converting it into products (which continue to store the carbon) while replanting more trees than before.
We have recycled materials found onsite. When digging the lake we found sand and stone, this was used to make concrete for the footings and blocks the cabins sit on as well as the base for the patios. This helped us dramatically reduce the carbon impact of our site.
At The Suffolk Escape we can offer you the most local food possible as we produce eggs and meat here on the farm, really minimising your food miles! We also endeavour to promote the fine produce of local companies. Where possible we used local traders and suppliers and during the build of the site we used mostly Suffolk based companies from the log cabin suppliers through to the radiator producers. We encourage our guests to support local businesses from shops to restaurants and you will find on our website and in the cabins ample information on local businesses for all your needs.
The Suffolk Escape is set on our mixed arable and livestock farm which is in part of a designated special landscape area. The farm land is part of the Environmental Stewardship Scheme which is primarily to encourage wildlife, native farmland birds and insects. We have dug a new lake and carried out significant planting around the log cabin site which creates an attractive environment for wildlife. We have worked with an ecologist to create a management plan to help ensure we encourage more wildlife including building many bird and bat boxes in hedgerows and trees. On the farm there is a wide range of wildlife including a healthy stock of roe deer, badgers, owls and other hunting birds.
We encourage our guests to go for walks or explore the local areas on bikes. Each lodge has walking maps and ordnance survey maps and bicycles can be hired from a nearby bike hire company. The local towns of Ipswich and Hadleigh can be accessed by the regular bus service that runs from the village. The lodges have information on many local attractions in the surrounding area.
The majority of our dedicated team are from our village of Hintlesham, with the remainder of the team 5mins away in neighbouring villages. All are just as passionate and committed to our ethos of protecting our environment and minimising our environmental impact.
If everybody helps just a little, we can make a bigger impact for Suffolk and our planet
Many thanks,
Andrew, Sarah & the Team