Accommodation in Saxmundham, Near Sizewell; 15 minutes to the construction gate, set up for project teams.

Saxmundham punches above its size. A Waitrose, Tesco and Lidl all sit within five minutes of each other, the East Suffolk Line runs direct to Ipswich (and on to London Liverpool Street), and the high street keeps a working market every Wednesday. For contractors who travel in by train and rent a base for the week, it is the obvious choice. For a placement in the area, the question is rarely about the town in isolation, it is about how the town fits the way the work moves. Saxmundham fits in the way described above.

Project leads, engineers and crews need different things from a stay than weekend visitors. Our Sizewell-bound properties are set up around that: parking at most homes (van-friendly at our larger crew houses), a kitchen built for cooking after a shift, WiFi for evening calls and handovers, a washing machine and drying space, and a level of cleanliness that matches a hotel without the hotel logistics. Specifics vary by property, we confirm exactly what's included before you book.

The drive from Saxmundham to the Sizewell access road runs 15 minutes door-to-gate outside summer Saturdays. The route avoids the worst of the A12 traffic and gets you onto the B1122 well before the security checkpoint queues build at shift change.

Outage windows tighten the local accommodation market sharply. We hold capacity through the year specifically for outage work, particularly on our larger Leiston and Wenhaston townhouses, which sleep up to ten across multiple bathrooms with the parking to take a fleet of vans. If your dates are public, get them on our calendar early.