Polstead became a tourist venue, with visitors travelling from as far afield as Ireland; Curtis estimated that 200,000 people visited Polstead in 1828 alone.
波尔斯特德成了一个旅游胜地，游客甚至从从爱尔兰远道而来；柯蒂斯估计，仅在1828年就有20万人访问过波尔斯特德。