St Nicholas Church, Wrentham

The flint-walled church sits quiet on Wrentham's backstreet, exactly the sort of place you stumble upon by accident rather than plan for. St Nicholas is all medieval bones - 14th-century nave, chunky columns, the works - with that particular chill that old churches seem to hold regardless of season. The interior's straightforward: no flourish, no razzmatazz, just honest timber and stone that's been doing its job for centuries.

It's the kind of stop that appeals to anyone with even a passing interest in parish history. Serious architecture hunters will appreciate the arched windows and the general solidity of the build. Families with older kids won't mind a fifteen-minute wander round, though toddlers will get restless fast - there's not much hands-on business here.

Beccles is barely three miles away, so this works well as a quiet detour if you're already nosing around north Suffolk. If you're based at Pigs in Blankets over near Beccles - the glamping setup with decent reviews - this is an easy afternoon potter. Won't take long, entry's presumably free as these village churches usually are, and on a decent day the churchyard's a pleasant spot to stand still for five minutes.

Worth the diversion if you're into quiet churches and local history. Not worth dragging unwilling teenagers to on its own merits.