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Framlingham

Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.

Framlingham
Framlingham · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.

Of Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book and was part of Loes Hundred. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 census and an estimated 4,016 in 2019. Nearby villages include Earl Soham, Kettleburgh, Parham, Saxtead and Sweffling.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Framlingham

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Framlingham Castle

    Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroyed by Henry II of England in the aftermath of the Revolt of 1173–1174.

    400 m · grade I listed historic house museum in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham

    St Michael's Church in Framlingham, Suffolk is a Church of England church dedicated to Saint Michael. It was the burial site of the Howard family.

    100 m · church in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of All Saints

    The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Brandeston, Suffolk, England. The church dates from the Middle Age and is a Grade I listed building.

    4.8 km · church in Brandeston, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Parham Hall

    Parham Old Hall is a historic medieval mansion close to the village of Parham, in Suffolk, England. Closely associated with the Barons Willoughby of Parham, it is a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England and includes the remains of a formal garden.

    4.1 km · house in Parham, East Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Regency House

    Regency House is a grade II* listed house at 7 Church Street in Framlingham, Suffolk, England. The house is timber-framed, of three storeys, and dates from the early nineteenth century.

    100 m · house in Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Parham Airfield Museum

    Parham Airfield Museum comprises both the 390th Bombardment Group Memorial Air Museum together with the Museum of the British Resistance Organisation, and occupies the Control tower and adjacent buildings on the former RAF Framlingham airfield near the village of Parham, Suffolk, in England.

    5.1 km · UK museum in East Suffolk, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Brandeston Hall

    Brandeston Hall is a grade II* listed house in Old Maids Lane, Brandeston, Suffolk, England. The Hall is the former manor house of Brandeston but is now used for educational purposes.

    4.9 km · house in Brandeston, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Easton Park

    Easton Park was a stately home in Easton, Suffolk, England. It served as the seat of prominent families, including the Wingfields, the Earls of Rochford, and the Dukes of Hamilton, whose political, diplomatic, and military careers placed the estate within the wider context of British national history.

    4.7 km · country house in Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Framlingham Castle

    1 Apr-30 Sep: daily 10AM-6PM (more limited through remainder of year).

  2. 02
    Saxtead Green Post Mill

    The Mill House, Saxtead Green, IP13 9QQ (2 miles north-west of Framlingham).

  3. 03
    The Lanman Museum

    Framlingham Castle, Church St, Framlingham IP13 9BP, mobile), trevorjessop@btinternet.com.

  4. 04
    St Michael's Church

    Church St, Framlingham.

From Wikivoyage: Framlingham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Shawsgate Vineyard
  2. 02
    Saxtead Bottom Riding Stables

    Saxtead Bottoms, Framlingham IP13 9QS (2½ miles NW of Framlingham), hannahnorris@live.com.

  3. 03
    Easton Farm Park

From Wikivoyage: Framlingham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Station Hotel

    See the castle, then eat like a king in this relaxed eating establishment.

  2. 02
    The Castle Inn

From Wikivoyage: Framlingham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Framlingham

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 85 km · London Luton (LTN), 123 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 149 km
Stations
Framlingham railway station, 400 m · Hacheston Halt railway station, 4.9 km · Parham railway station, 3.6 km
  • London, Essex → Framlingham
    128 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · £13–18
  • London → Framlingham
    128 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · £13–18
  • Luton, Luton → Framlingham
    126 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £15–19
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Framlingham

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Framlingham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    250 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    271 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    430 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    565 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    598 km

If you know how people move in Framlingham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Framlingham

  • Bruisyardvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom5.1 km
  • Cransfordvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom3.7 km
  • Parhamvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK3.7 km
  • Brandestonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom4.6 km
  • Kettleburghvillage in Suffolk, England, UK4.7 km
  • Earl Sohamvillage in Suffolk, England, UK5.7 km