A friends' reunion in the Suffolk countryside: gather everyone at The Firs

When old friends want to get the group back together, The Firs is the kind of Suffolk countryside retreat that makes it effortless. Take the whole site, give everyone their own lodge, and spend a weekend reconnecting somewhere beautiful. At 2 hours from London and 45 minutes from Norwich, it's a fair meeting point for a group scattered across the UK.

Everyone gets their own space. Six lodges across four acres means couples and families each have their own retreat — their own hot tub, their own bathroom, their own front door — while the gardens and the firepit pull everyone together. No one's sleeping on a blow-up bed; no one's stuck sharing a bathroom with people they haven't seen in years.

The evenings write themselves. Light the pizza oven, gather round the firepit for cooking on fire, open the horsebox bar, and let the conversation run into the small hours. Days are for slow breakfasts, garden games, the sauna, and long soaks in the wood-fired hot tubs.

Time to actually talk. That's the real gift of a whole-site countryside stay — no restaurant closing time chasing you out, no logistics splitting the group up. Just everyone, in one private place, with all the time in the world.

When you fancy a change of scene, the coast and Norwich are both close — but most reunion groups happily never leave.

For UK stays that bring a friendship group back together, this one's a quiet legend among Suffolk hideaways.

Planning a reunion? Check availability and enquire here.