My mother always told me that my big mouth would get me into trouble, but as things have turned out, it has mostly been a computer keyboard that has done this. Happily, threats of legal action rarely turn out to be the real thing, and in any case I can live with disapproval. However, if there is one completely non-libellous aspect of this site which is guaranteed to cause uproar, it is when I say that such-and-such a parish is a suburb of such-and-such a town. People like living in parishes (for which, read villages). They don't like living in suburbs.

The posher the parish, the greater the affront. If you were also to argue that Long Melford is a suburb of Sudbury, you would probably be joining me in the Tower.

Still, there's no doubt that Worlingham is fully integrated into the Beccles urban area, and consequently, as Neville Chamberlain once observed, this parish is a suburb of Beccles. And why not? Beccles is a lovely town. Worlingham is a rather characterless suburb, strung out on an ugly road. I can hear the deluge of e-mails now.

But even Worlingham is not without its charms. Principal among them is All Saints, in its pleasantly trim graveyard boiling with trees. If you are looking for quaint medieval rusticity, then you've come to the wrong place, for the impress of the Victorian restoration here was a firm one. It was the work of a man who did some good things in Suffolk - Sir Arthur Blomfield, whose major works in the county include Ipswich St John the Baptist, Felixstowe St John the Baptist, Culford Heath, and the complete restoration of Alderton. This is a good one, too, I think; it is rather interesting, externally, at least.

But let us start at the lychgate. As Mortlock reminds us, it serves as the war memorial (as at nearby Shipmeadow) and commemorates nine sailors lost at sea - we often forget that, in parishes as close to the sea as this, young men were as likely to sign up for the navy as for the army. Solid trees overhang the path, creating a tunnel effect up to the north porch. Wandering around to the south side, there is a surprise. The chancel has a south aisle, but the nave doesn't. Now, there is no reason why this should not be so - it is just rather unusual, that's all. Somerton and Benhall have something similar, but in general an aisle would have run the full length of the church. Was it unfinished? Not impossible, since it dates from the 14th century, and might have been the victim of the Black Death. More likely, though, it was always meant this way. Blomfield restored it with a certain amount of reverence, mostly because it is charming, I suspect, and he liked charm. It is very narrow, and the juxtaposition with the east window creates an impression that a child has been creative with their Lego.

Tucked away behind it, in the south nave wall, is a recess and tomb chest. Above it, the coat of arms is for the Playters of Sotterley Hall, according to Mortlock - but that is more than I know.

When I visited in 2002, I found the doors firmly locked, and at the time I had no idea who the keyholders were. It would have been interesting to see the chancel aisle from the inside, and I was looking for more evidence of Blomfield's work. I'd also have been interested to see the memorial stone to the bodies exhumed from the former graveyard of St Mary, Little Worlingham, when it was rediscovered during the building of the Beccles bypass in 1981. Sam Wickham has contacted me to say that the church is now open from 9 to 3 every day, God bless it.

All Saints, Worlingham, is on the main road out of Beccles towards Lowestoft. You can't miss it. Although I found it locked without a keyholder it is now open from 9 to 3 every day. If travelling from afar, and you want to make sure, try Suzie Ellis (Tel 01502 715403) or Ron Harvey (01502 714809) who would be willing to help by opening up if available.