Local Businesses
Suffolk Windows & Conservatories Ltd NEW FOR
2009
68-70 High Street, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8AW
Tel:01449 726090 sales@suffolkwindows.co.uk
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat 9-1 Closed Christmas for 2 weeks
Family run business with over 25 years experience with replacement
windows, doors and conservatories. Fascias and soffits also fitted.
Specialist in repairs and service to existing double glazing and
extra security.
Discount: 20% off all conservatories, windows, doors,
locks, cladding, fixtures and fitings. Key card must be shown at
point of order.
Needham Carpets NEW FOR 2009
68 High Street, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8AW
01449 721763
www.needhamcarpets.co.uk
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat 9-1
Supplying Suffolk with quality carpets, vinyl, rugs, laminate
flooring and Tailor Made curtains. No obligation free estimating
and expert fitting services. Friendly customer advice and
reliability assured.
Discount: 10% off flooring and curtains (excludes
fitting)
Andrew Bingham Independent Funeral Service
17 Charles Ind. Estate, Stowmarket, IP14 5AH
Tel: 01449 771666
We are the only independent family funeral
service in Stowmarket. We are members of The National Assoc. of
Funeral Directors & The British Institute of Embalmers. We
pride ourselves on providing a totally personal, caring &
professional service. We provide funeral plans for Golden Charter
& Help the Aged. Ample, free
parking.
www.andrewbingham.co.uk
Discount: £100 off charges above £1,000. Not including
disbursements
Hytech Electrical
Services,(NICEIC DOM Installer) NEW FOR 2008
Castle Meadow, Offton, Ipswich, IP8 4RQ 07
Tel: 0791 9001327
Testing, fault finding, new installations,
rewires, showers, central heating controls, new and upgrades.
Intruder alarms, CCTV, extra phone/TV points. Over 25yers
experience in electrical industry.
Discount: 10% off electrical test & inspection, 15% on
rewiring, 10% on labour
Lings Honda
Lings Corner, Mendham Lane
Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9DW
Tel: 01379
852405
Full range of new and approved Honda cars, new and used
motorcycles, ride on lawn mowers, push mowers, strimmers, tillers,
leafblowers, generators, quad bikes and marine products.
All types of work from MOTs to servicing with all our technicians
being fully Honda trained.
Discount: 10% on all garden, power and marine products
(fron Honda published prices). Promotional offers are often
available - just visit or call for details and
availability.
Michael Jay Tailoring
5 Tomo Business Park, Stowmarket, IP14 5EP
Tel: 01449 614602
Open: Office Hours
To view the catalogue from this tailor, please go to the web site
or telephone the number listed. Personal callers welcome by
appointment
10% off made to measure suit or 25% off ready to wear
range
Website: www.expresstailors.com
Nareys Garden Centre
Eden Nurseries, Bury Road, Stowmarket, IP14 3QD
Tel: 01449 612559
Open: Mon-Sat 8.30-5.30, Sun 10-4
Family run business for 50 years, supplying first class plants and
shrubs, fruit trees, compost, sundries, garden furniture and water
features.
10% off plants Mon - Fri excluding special offers
Mikey's
Travel
59 Spencer Way, Stowmarket, IP14 1UQ
Tel:01449 775454
Open: 7 days a week
I run a local taxi firm with only myself driving. I own two
vehicles, one an estate car and one an eight seater
suitable for groups for any occasion. I am prompt, reliable and
value regular clients.
Discount: 10% off local journeys Mon-Fri 9-5. 35 off
airport journeys any time.
Website:
www.mikeystravel.co.uk
Tourist Information Centre
Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, IP14 1DL
Tel: 01449 676800
Open: 6 days a week all year round. Also Sundays April-
Oct
The TIC sells cards, gifts, books, maps, tickets for National
Express and local and national events. Leaflets for days out
as well as accommodation brochures covering the UK. Locally
produced jams, chutneys, fruit juices, bath products and
gifts.
Discount:10% off cards, books, gifts and maps
Website:
www.midsuffolk.gov.uk
Mille Fleurs
1, Magdalene St, Eye, IP23 7AJ
Tel: 01379 872967
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat 9-1
Bouquets and flowers, Interflora, wedding & funeral flowers,
teddy bears, balloons, chocolates and with a liquor licence, we can
offer wine and champagne along with your flower order. Help me
celebrate my 3rd year in Eye.
Discount:10% off all purchases excluding Interflora
orders
Fareline Bus & Coach Services
Old Roses, Syleham Road, Wingfield, Eye, IP21 5RF
Tel: 01379 668151
Open: Office Hours
Day excursions by coach around East Anglia, mainly to seaside
resorts including Sheringham, Clacton, Southend, Lowestoft, Bury St
Edmunds.
AGENT Diss Tourist Information Centre 01379 650523
Discount:10% off any coach excursion
R W Lister & Son (Motor Engineers)
Unit 3, Lower Church Farm, Rickinghall
Tel: 01379 898549
Open: Mon- Fri 8-5.30, Sat 8-1
We service and repair all makes of cars and light commercials. We
supply and fit tyres, batteries and exhausts. M.O.T preparation,
welding etc. We can also arrange paint spraying and body work
repairs. All major credit & debit cards accepted.
Discount:10% off service and repair work. Free wheel
alignment and balancing on the purchase of 2 or more tyres
Drain Doctor Plumbing & Drainage NEW FOR 2008
Tawny Owl Barn, New Street, Fressingfield, IP21 5PN
Tel:Freephone: 0800 092 4232
Open: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
All aspects of emergency plumbing, burst pipes, blocked toilets,
blocked drains, CCTV surveys, septic tanks. No call out fee. All
work guaranteed Check description
Discount: platinum rate discount equal to 10% off
standard book price
Website:
www.draindoctor.co.uk
Rackhams Funeral Services, Waveney Chapel, 43
Stanley Road, Diss, IP22 4BN
Tel: 01379 642321
Open: 24 hours a day by phone or office hours in person
A well respected and recommended funeral directors. Free advice by
phone or we will call to you in your home. We offer an
understanding, caring value service throughout Norfolk and
Suffolk.
Discount: £50 off funeral plans
Website:
www.angliafunerals.co.uk
Stewart Orr Sound Services (SOSS)
Priors Croft Barn, Withersdale, Harleston, IP20 0JG
Tel:01379 854458
Open: Mon-Sat. Suns/BHols by arrangement
Local interest CDs, inc. talking books & social history. CD
duplication facilities available for audio production and recording
work.
Discount: 10% off all services and CDs
Website: www.stewartorr.co.uk
Needham Market Post office & John Daye
Shop
89 High Street, Needham Market, IP6 8DQ
Tel: 01449 722740
Open: Mon-Fri 8.30-5.30, Sat 9-5
Stationers selling books, cards, maps office supplies and scrap
booking ranges
Discount: 10% off any purchase over £10 excluding special
orders, payzone and DVDs
Dawn’s Fashions
70 High Street, Needham
Market
Tel: 01449 722888
Open: Mon-Sat 10-5
Evening wear, hat hire service. Also lots of outfits for weddings
and every day wear and jewellery.
Discount:20% off all
stock
Dairy Farm Rose & Plant
Centre
Lower Dairy Farm, Bramford IP8
4JT
Tel: 01473 833359
Open: Nov-Feb, Mon-Sat 9.30-5, Sun 10-4. Mar-Oct, Mon-Fri 9.30
5, Sun 10-4
Nursery specialising in roses of all types, many traditional and
new varieties. Also a superb range of other plants from Alpines to
water plants.
Discount:10% on plants on Tues, Weds and Thurs, excluding
special offers
Eye Carpets
3 Broad St, Eye IP23 7AF
Tel: 01379 871222
Open: Mon/Wed/Thurs/Fri 9-5,Tues/Sat 9-1
Family business offering free estimates. Experienced carpet
fitters, high level of customer service, all work guaranteed. Visit
the shop to choose from our large selection of carpets ,
vinyls and rugs or we can bring samples to your door. Carpet
cleaning service also available.
Discount:5% off all orders over £250
Laurels Farm Butchers
4 Castle Street, Eye, IP23 7AN
Tel: 01379 871061
Open: Mon –Fri 7.30-5, Sat 7.30-4
Selling high quality, locally produced meat especially well hung
beef from the family farm. Award winning sausages. Meat pies,
quiches and pasties all made on the premises.
Discount:10% off all sausages and mince excluding special
offers
T W & C A Beales
9 Redenhall Road, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9EN
Tel: 01379 852238
Open: Mon-Fri 7.30-5,exc.Thurs 7.30-1, Sat 7.30-4
Quality family butchers established 27 years. East Anglian top
awards for sausages. The owners have a high reputation for
supporting the local community
Discount:10% off all fresh meat
Photo Elite
13 Market Hill, Diss, IP22 4JZ
Tel: 01379 640452
Open: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 9-5, Tues 9-1, Sat 9-4
I hour photographic printing (film & digital). Next day
reprints & enlargements. Free film with all films processed.
Digital prints, copying of old photographs and slides. Restoration
of damaged photographs. Create your own T shirt, mugs, mouse mats,
jigsaws using your own picture and text. We stock a full range of
Fuji films and memory cards as well as frames and albums. A4
photocopies 5p
Discount:10% off any photographic work (film &
digital), frames, films, memory cards, T shirts and mugs. Offer
excludes photocopying
G M Autotech
Units 1-4 Mayflower Way, Harleston Industrial Estate, Harleston
(Norfolk) IP20 9EB
Tel: 01379 853721
Open: Mon-Fri 8-5.30, Sat 8-12
Local business specialising in car and van servicing, computerised
tuning and air conditioning specialists. Wide range of tyres and
batteries stocked. Courtesy cars available by arrangement.
Discount:10% off all servicing
Golden Memories Sound & Design NEW FOR 2009
8 Brackley Close
Felixstowe
IP11 2JN
Tel: 0800 5118068
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5
We can transfer cine film, video, camcorder tapes and 35mm slides
to DVD. Records (33, 45,78 rpm) and audio cassettes to CD. We also
have an online craft shop selling a range of craft supplies.
Discount:10% off all adio visual services. 10% off all
craft supplies
Web site:
www.gmsd.co.uk
Eating Out
Sweet and Savoury NEW fOR 2009
High Street, Needham Market ,Ipswich, IP6 8AW
01449720327 Email:
c
ontact@sweetandsavouryltd.com
www.sweetandsavouryltd.com
Open: Mon-Fri: 8.30 am – 3.30 pm, Sat: 8.30 am – 2.30
pm
We offer made to
order sandwiches, soups, pastries, beverages, snacks and a
selection of homemade frozen food to takeaway. We also specialise
in buffets, custom catering and have a modest delicatessen. Very
occasionally we would offer a Special of the Day, in limited
quantities, should we come across worthy ingredients. We would be
happy to create a buffet for your meeting or special occasion or
simply a picnic just for two – just let us know!
We also supply food hampers featuring
Suffolk specialties for all occasions.
Discount: 10% on orders over
£25
Duke William Public House
The Street, Metfield, IP20 0LB
Tel: 01379 586371
www.dukewilliam-metfield.co.uk
Closed Mondays
A charming village pub/restaurant on the B1123 between Halesworth
and Harleston en route to the Heritage Coast. A good selection of
home cooked food at reasonable prices, served 6 days a week.
Children and well behaved dogs very welcome. Menu and specials
board.
Discount: 10% off lunchtime menu Tues -Friday
12-2.30
Swan
Hotel
19 The Thoroughfare, Harleston,
Norfolk IP20 9DQ
Tel:01379 85222
Open: 7 days a week - ample parking
A beautiful coaching inn in the centre of Harleston with free
parking. Ideal for shopping and browsing and exploring the Waveney
Valley. Great value food and accommodation.
Discount: 1.10% off all meals exc. Sundays, special deals or
Bank Holidays.
2. The second cup of coffee / tea is free
3. 20% off room bookings (Bed & Breakfast) for Key guests
when
staying for 2 nights or more
Gilbert's Bistro and Food Hall
Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, IP14 1DL
Tel:01449 775239
Open:10-5 every day
Located at the front of the museum and open to non museum patrons
serving homemade local food, homemade cakes and cream teas.
Come and sit in our beautiful garden and enjoy local Suffolk
ham, free range eggs and chips or tea and slice of homemade coffee
& walnut cake.
Discount: 10% off everything in Bistro and Food
Hall
www.gallopingchef.com
The White Horse Inn
Stoke Ash, Nr Eye, IP23 7ET
Tel: 01379 678222
Open: Food served all day
Charming 17 century coaching Inn, situated on the A140, 7 miles
South of Diss. Hot food served all day, every day. Disabled access
to toilets, baby changing facilities, bar/restaurant and
accommodation.
Discount:10% off any food, drink or
accommodation
The Forge Tearooms & Restaurant
3 Red House Yard, Gislingham Road, Thornham Magna, Eye IP23
8HH
Tel: 01379 783035
Open: Mon-Fri 10 -4, Sat/Sun 10-5
We offer a variety of homemade cakes and a large selection of teas
and coffees. we have a varied menu with a daily homemade
specials board. We have a gift shop filled with gifts , toys and
local produce. All set in the lovely surroundings of the Thornham
Estate.
Discount:10% off hot meals(see also Thornham Walks
car pass & events & Beyond the Image Gallery)
Attractions
Baylham House Rare Breeds
Farm
Mill Lane, Baylham,
Nr Needham Market, IP6 8LG
Tel: 01473 830264
Open: Feb – end Oct, Daily from 11am
Breeding groups of sheep, cattle, pigs and poultry. Riverside walk,
picnic area, and Visitor centre by the river Gipping. First lambs
expected for Feb 9th and more lambs at Easter.
The main area of the farm is wheelchair and pushchair friendly.
Disabled toilet facilities in the Visitor’s Centre
50p off each entry
Website:
www.baylham-house-farm.co.uk
Mechanical Music Museum
Blacksmiths Road, Cotton, IP14 4QN
Tel: 01449 613876
Open: June – Sept, Sundays 2.30-5.30. Weekday group
tours by arrangement
A unique collection of music boxes, polyphons, street pianos,
barrel organs, fair organs, Wurlitzer theatre organ and many other
unusual items. All played. Fair organ enthusiasts day 10-5
Discount:Buy one get one free. Admits two people, Adult or
Child for the price of one standard Adult. Excluding groups and
special events
Website:
www.cottonmusic.co.uk
Easton Farm Park
Easton, Woodbridge, IP13 0EQ
Tel: 01728 746475
Open: 15th March- 14th Sept, daily 10-6. Weekends from 20th Sept
- 25th Oct & Half Terms Feb & Oct 10.30-4
Award winning family day out. Set in 35acres in rural Suffolk
countryside alongside the river Deben, Easton farm Park brings to
life the farm animals from your story books. Meet and feed the
animals, ride a pony, train rides, cart rides, quizzes, indoor and
outdoor play plus toy and gift shop. Riverside café.
Disabled parking/toilets. Most exhibits/services are accessed by
shallow ramps. Every disabled person may bring a carer free
Child goes free with a full paying adult. Not valid in
conjunction with any other offer
Website:
www.eastonfarmpark.co.uk
Museum of East Anglian Life
Crowe Street, Stowmarket, IP14 1DL
Tel: 01449 612229
Open: Easter-October Mon-Sat 10-5,Thurs 10-8, Sun
11-5
Open-air 80-acre riverside site. Displays and collections of East
Anglia’s rural past, gypsy caravans, the Ransoms story housed in
the Bone building, steam engines and Suffolk Punches. Riverside
walk for picnics and tranquillity.
3 wheelchair accessible toilets, 5 seater buggy (please
pre-book)
25% off admission excluding season tickets
Website:
www.eastanglianlife.org.uk
Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens
Thetford Rd, Bressingham Diss, IP22 2AB
Tel: 01379 68690
Open: April – Oct (inc) 10-4.30, June-Sept 10.30-5.30
The museum has a wide collection of steam exhibits, 3 narrow gauge
railways, a standard gauge railway and “Dads Army” and “Only Fools
& Horses” displays. The gardens have over 5000 varieties of
perennials and heathers, conifers and grasses set in 15 acres and
incorporating 6 individual gardens
Steam Days: Normal price £12, Key price £8; Non Steam Days:
Normal price £9, Key price £6
Website:
www.bressingham.co.uk
Thornham Walks
Thornham Magna, Eye, IP23 8HH
Tel: 01379 788345
Open: Open 9-6. Access is restricted on certain days between Nov
& Feb
12 miles of waymarked walks on the Thornham estate. A surfaced path
suitable for wheelchairs & pushchairs lads for half a mile to
the walled
garden
Discount:£10 off annual parking pass. Normally £25.00 - Key price
£15.00 (see also Thornham Walks events, The Forge
Restaurant & Beyond the Image Gallery)
Website:
www.thornham.org
Events, Films, and Courses
Regal Cinema
Ipswich St, stowmarket, IP14 1AY
Tel: 01449 612825
All the latest films, theatre productions and live shows.
Cinema concession price of £4 applies to all Key
Cardholders
Thornham Walks Events
Red House Yard, Thornham Magna, Eye IP23
8HH
Tel: 01379 788345 Website:
www.thornham.org
(see also
Thornham Walks car pass, The Forge Restaurant & Beyond the
Image Gallery)
Pond Dipping for all the
family:
Come and discover how many animals live in our ponds.
Date: Sun 12th July 2-4 Meet main car park
Normal price £6 per family, Key price £4 per family.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL 01379 788345
Willow
weaving:
Bring your children along to have fun and make delightful
creations using willow. All materilas provided.Date: Mon 3rd August
2 separate sessions, morning and afternoon. 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm.
Meet main car park
Normal price £8 per child, Key price £6 per child.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL 01379
788345
Willow Weaving:
Make your own basket with Tony Carter. Date: Sun 13th September
10am-5pm. Meet main car park.
Discount: Normal price £45, Key price £35, Booking essential 01379
788345
Fungi Forage
With Jonathan Tyler collecting, identifying and learning about
these strange, flowerless plants.
Date: Sun 11th Oct and Sun 18th Oct 10-4
Adults £20, Key price £12. BOOKING ESSENTIAL 01379
788345
Beyond The Image Gallery
13 Red House Yard, Thornham Walks, Thornham Magna, Eye IP23
8HH
Tel: 01508 480477
Date/Time: Mar-Oct- Sun Fri 11-4, Nov-Feb Sat, Sun 11-3
Other days by arrangement.
Photographic Gallery exhibiting photography & art. Photographic
courses, photo shoots, digital darkroom techniques courses.
10% on photo shoots & photographic day
courses. (see also Thornham Walks car pass &
events & The Forge Restaurant)
Website:
www.beyondtheimage.co.uk
The Learning Shop(West Suffolk
College)
10a Wilkes Way, Meadow Centre, Stowmarket, IP14 1DE
Tel: 01449 613903
Open: Mon-Fri 9-4.30, Sat 9.30-12.30
Adult Education Courses
10% discount on courses
Mid Suffolk DC/Partnership Concessions
All day Car Parking Offer in
Stowmarket
Tel: Customer Service Direct 0845 606
6067
Open: Parking Offer on Mondays and Tuesdays
Free parking in Stowmarket on Mondays and Tuesdays. Participating
car parks: Bury St, Ipswich St, Milton Rd, Union St
Forms available from Customer Service Direct, Stowmarket, Needham
Market, Eye 0845 606 6067 or on
www.suffolk-key.com
Free parking on collection of tickets. Collect 10 tickets
for 2 free days, 20 tickets for 8 free days or 50 tickets for 24
free days.
Countryside Events
For a Countryside Activities Diary, call 01449 724633
Mid Suffolk Countryside Events
Most concessions half price for Key
Cardholders
Anglia Senior Rail
Card
Address: Customer Service Direct, Stowmarket, Needham Market,
Eye
Tel: 0845 606 6067
Open: Office Hours
Rail Card for 60s and over
Normal price £26.Mid Suffolk residents price
£19.50
Free “Square Deal” Home Energy Check
Tel: 01449 724654
Open: Office hours, answer service available.
We can give you the information to make sure you are not paying too
much for your utilities. Leave a message and we will call you back
on Tuesdays or Wednesdays
Free Energy Check Service by arrangement
Contact Us
If you are a trader or service provider and you would like to be
part of our discount scheme, please contact: Ches Riches, Mid
Suffolk Key Project, 131, High Street, Needham Market, Ipswich IP6
8DL
Tel: 01449 724654
Email: enquiries@suffolk-key.com
Disclaimer
All of the businesses/services listed herein are compiled by Mid
Suffolk District Council in good faith and all the information
shown has been provided by those businesses/services. The
businesses are not vetted individually by the Mid Suffolk District
Council, and as such, the services cannot be guaranteed to meet the
relevant quality standards. Key Cardholders should therefore
exercise caution when instructing or receiving services. Mid
Suffolk District Council disclaim liability in respect of any civil
or criminal proceedings brought against a service provider.
Neither Mid Suffolk District Council nor its Contractors shall
be responsible for cancellation of events nor for any other
circumstances in which the Key Cardholder or the person
accompanying the Key Cardholder, is refused a concession or is
otherwise unable to take advantage of listed concessions. Neither
Mid Suffolk District Council nor its contractors will be liable for
omissions or inaccuracies in the directory nor the acts or
omissions of any participating venue or promoter, nor for any loss,
damage, expense, injury or death sustained by any person, howsoever
caused, except insofar as the law prevents the exclusion of such
liability.
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