Village in Suffolk, England
Fornham St Martin
Fornham St Martin is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England.
The village is located on the northern outskirts of Bury St Edmunds off east and west from the A134; in 2005 its population was 1,300. Its parish council is shared with neighbouring Fornham St Genevieve, and is known as Fornham St Martin cum St Genevieve Parish Council. Fornham St Martin is one of a trio of contiguous villages by the River Lark. The other villages are Fornham St Genevieve and Fornham All Saints.
How locals move
Getting around Fornham St Martin the local way
- Get inSee Ferry routes to Great Britain Bury St Edmunds is about 50 miles (80 km) inland of the easternmost coast of England.
- Get inFor more conventional ship travel, the nearest passenger ferry port is at Harwich (48 miles) for the Netherlands, Denmark and cruises to Germany and Scandinavia.
- Get inGreater Anglia train services from Harwich International port (ferry connections to Scandinavia and the Netherlands) direct to Bury St Edmunds (1 hr 6 min).
- Get inSouth Eastern train services to Stratford International (London) station from Dover (1 hr 4 min - for ferry connections to France) and Ramsgate (1 hr 11 min - for ferry connections to Belgium).
From Wikivoyage: Bury St Edmunds, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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