Enjoy a lifestyle where coast, countryside and character come together. Suffolk offers the perfect balance of peaceful rural living, beautiful beaches and vibrant market towns—giving you the space to unwind while staying connected to work and opportunity.
Whether you’re seeking a slower pace by the sea, a thriving town community or easy access to London, Suffolk gives you the flexibility to live life your way, with something to suit every stage of life.
With a new Persimmon home, you can enjoy modern, energy-efficient living from day one. Our homes are designed to reduce running costs while giving you a stylish, low-maintenance space you can make your own, so you can focus on enjoying your new surroundings.
Located in some of Suffolk’s most desirable areas, our developments place you close to great amenities, strong communities and excellent connection, whether you’re commuting, raising a family or starting a new chapter.
Scroll down to explore the towns below and discover where your next Persimmon home could be waiting.
Known as ‘Suffolk’s Foodie Capital’, Bury St Edmunds is a town with a fascinating ancient history, award-winning restaurants, an awe-inspiring cathedral and a town centre lined with independent shops.
Surrounded by the county’s stunning countryside, the town’s train station and wealth of A roads connects you easily to the South East and beyond – making Bury St Edmunds a sought-after location where you can experience the good life.
Buying a new build in Bury St Edmunds
High in energy efficiency, new build homes provide you with money and time saving benefits. They are also a blank canvas for you to truly make your own – so you have more freedom to enjoy Suffolk your way.
A pleasant rural enclave, situated between Ipswich and Colchester, Capel St Mary offers you a tranquil retreat from the hustle and bustle of urban life. Just two miles from Dedham Vale, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a new build home in Capel St Mary offers walking and biking trails straight from home - with city life on the doorstep.
Capel St Mary has a very large playing field featuring a range of pitches and courts for tennis, football, cricket and a bowling green. There's also a children's playground and a village hall hosting lots of local groups, clubs and events. Your new house in Capel St Mary is close to the local primary school with secondary schools available in nearby Ipswich. There are good facilities in the village including a well-supported pub, hairdressers, bakery, newsagents and a doctor's surgery with pharmacy. Whether you're grabbing groceries, meeting friends for a meal, or running errands, you'll have everything you need in your new home, Capel St Mary.
Buying a home in Exning offers the perfect blend of countryside charm and modern convenience. Nestled near Newmarket, this picturesque Suffolk village boasts excellent transport links, a welcoming community, and easy access to local amenities. With beautiful green spaces and a rich heritage, Exning is an ideal location for families, professionals, and anyone seeking a peaceful yet well-connected lifestyle.
Eye is a small rural town to the North of Suffolk, with a big history. Dominating the skyline, the landmarks of Eye Castle and the Church of St Peter & St Paul date back over a thousand years – people have been living here since the Stone Age.
Today, your new home, Eye, is a compact modern town centre with everything you could need day-to-day, including convenience stores, butchers, hairdressers and banks as well as cosy cafes, pubs and restaurants. Eye has through-education from nursery to secondary school, as well as a Health Centre that serves the town and local villages. Surrounded by beautiful countryside and perched on the River Dove, Eye has lots of opportunities for outdoor recreation, walking and cycling, so whether you’re looking for new areas to hike and bike or just want to enjoy the serenity of rural living, Eye has something for everyone.
Your new home in Felixstowe has a rich naval heritage a stone’s throw away. From the busy, working docks punctuated by a patchwork of container ships to four miles of peaceful beach, your new build is a sea lover’s dream. You’re close to the museum, packed with historical maps, photo archives and archaeological finds from the Roman period as well as Landguard Fort, Landguard Nature Reserve and the Felixstowe Ferry. Not to mention the Victorian pier with an amusement arcade as well as a collection of pretty shops, coffee houses and fish and chip restaurants. Your new house in Suffolk offers so much for families and rightsizers.
If you’re looking for a quiet, safe place to live, within a few miles of a major town and railway network, you’ve found it in Great Blakenham. Just a stone’s throw from Ipswich, but a million miles away in character, a new house in Great Blakenham gives you rural living and easy commutes right on your doorstep.
Your new home in Great Blakenham also has a traditional village pub, which is at the heart of the community. Schools are well catered for in neighbouring Claydon and there’s even a railway station, just four miles to the North. The A14 connects you easily to Felixstowe and ferry travel to the South - and to Bury St Edmunds and the beautiful 14th century Abbey Gardens to the West.
Hadleigh is a really old market town with ancient buildings, a wonderful high street and a heritage that goes back centuries. It’s a lovely small town to live in, with amenities and facilities for today’s family life. With history everywhere you look in the town, beautiful countryside around it and great connections to Ipswich, Colchester and Bury St Edmunds, this is an excellent choice for the location for your new home and your new life in Suffolk.
Haverhill is the fourth largest town in Suffolk and is located between Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds and Saffron Walden. With excellent shops and amenities and a great community feel, the town is a popular choice for young families. But, with Cambridge just over half an hour away by car and plenty of green space, it’s a great location for professionals working in the city and retirees, too. Persimmon has a range of houses and developments available in Haverhill and the surrounding area.
Buying a new home in Haverhill
Haverhill grew significantly in the 1960s, but it’s a market town with a long history. As it’s increased in size, the town has retained a community spirit that makes it a friendly place to live and somewhere that is constantly being improved by the efforts of its residents. With great amenities and its proximity to other towns and cities, it’s a great place to call home.
The county town of Suffolk, Ipswich is also its largest. The historic heart of the town is where you can find your everyday amenities and more, you also have ‘The Waterfront’ – a reinvented harbour that features bars, cafés and restaurants. And with the Suffolk Heath & Coasts Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty nearby, a house here has the best of both.
New builds in Ipswich
A money and time-saving choice, new homes provide you with high energy efficiency. This makes your property easy to heat in the colder months, has less impact on the environment, and reduces your monthly bills.
Set in the rural county of Suffolk, village life in Ixworth has that country feel-good factor. Surrounded by beautiful countryside, you’re also less than 10 miles from Bury St Edmunds for work and leisure.
Buying a new build in Ixworth
A money and time-saving choice, new homes provide you with high energy efficiency. This makes your house easy to heat in the colder months, have less impact on the environment and reduces your monthly bills.
Lakenheath has two important neighbours – RAF Lakenheath and the Thetford Forest Park. The Air Base is very much part of life here and it has made Lakenheath one of Suffolk’s thriving and well-served villages. The Thetford Forest is a fabulous local asset for families to enjoy – with endless trails to explore on foot or by bike – it’s the largest pine forest in Britain!
Historic Bury St Edmunds and the cathedral city of Ely are the nearest places for a wide range of shops and services. They are the focal points for the area and lovely places to visit simply for a day out and a change of scenery. Suffolk is a mostly rural county and having the A10 and A11 nearby put a range of towns and the cities of Cambridge and Norwich within easy reach if you need to travel for work.
The little Suffolk town of Leiston is just a few miles inland from two of Suffolk’s great coastal landmarks. This is a small family-friendly town with good local amenities, in an area with a great quality of life. The ever-popular beach and seaside resort at Aldeburgh and the UK’s ground-breaking nuclear power station at Sizewell have very different claims to fame on the map here. These contrasting places are both important to the local economy, both bring in visitors and employment to the area and are part and parcel of life in this part of the county.
The pretty port town of Lowestoft offers a unique coastal lifestyle with its stunning beaches, rich maritime heritage and a range of leisure activities such as watersports, fishing and coastal walks. Your new home in Lowestoft has the Benacre National Nature Reserve with the stunning Covehithe Beach to the South. Whatever your leisure pursuits, walking, hiking or biking, watersports or birdwatching, you’ll have it in abundance in your new home.
Head into town for retail therapy in a relaxed and enjoyable setting - with over 40 national retailers, local businesses, boutiques and eateries. Your new build in Lowestoft is also close to good road links, making it easy to travel to nearby towns and cities.
Your new house in Rendlesham, deep in the pretty Suffolk countryside, was once favoured by the King of the East Angles. In fact, the warrior king buried in a ship full of treasures in a local burial mound was thought to have lived in Rendlesham.
While the once large Anglo-Saxon settlement is now a village, the area still has much to attract new residents. Your new home in Rendlesham is close to the local primary school which has been rated good by Ofsted, a post office and village store as well as a dance studio and meditation centre. Just outside the village, the Bentwater Cold War Museum on an old airfield site is packed with original artefacts.
A market town in south Suffolk, Sudbury is close to the border with Essex, making it a great base for both counties. A rural county to call home, the town is also just 60 miles from London – so not only is it a great commuter location, but you truly have the best of both worlds here.
New houses in Sudbury
A money and time-saving choice, new-builds provide you with high energy efficiency. This makes your property easy to heat in the colder months, has less impact on the environment, and reduces your monthly bills.
The family-friendly village of Thurston has a lively yet community-feel balance. Just 4 miles to the east of historic Bury St Edmunds, the village has its own train station, giving it great appeal as a new-home setting for commuters and nest-builders alike.
New houses in Thurston
A money and time-saving choice, new builds provide you with high energy efficiency. This makes your property easy to heat in the colder months, have less impact on the environment, and reduces your monthly bills.
