Accommodation in Leiston; the closest base to Sizewell, run by a local operator.

The single biggest reason is commute. From any of our Leiston addresses you are at the Sizewell gate in roughly ten minutes, no A12, no Saxmundham roundabout, no Aldeburgh tourist traffic in summer. Across a six-month placement that adds up to days of your own time recovered.

The town also handles the practical side of a long stay better than people expect. The Co-op covers the day-to-day shop (with a full Waitrose, Tesco and Lidl ten minutes up the road in Saxmundham), there is a Greene Park leisure centre with a pool and gym, the Long Shop Museum tells the proper industrial story of the town, and the high street has enough variety to avoid eating out in Saxmundham every night.

Leiston is more lived-in than visited. It rewards staying long enough to use it like a resident.

Sizewell beach and the Vulcan power station footpath are five minutes east. Aldeburgh is twelve minutes south for a coastal evening. Saxmundham is ten minutes inland for the mainline station to Ipswich and London. Thorpeness, Snape Maltings and Minsmere RSPB are all within fifteen minutes' drive, useful weekend resets if you are placed here for months at a time.