Framlingham Suffolk - Fine Heritage Market Town & Castle Country
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Discover Framlingham Suffolk
Historic Framlingham, close to the wildlife-rich Suffolk Heritage Coast, is just two hours’ drive from London, yet worlds apart.
Explore a fine Suffolk market town like no other, where a magnificent curtain-wall castle rises above a mere. Discover fine tombs of would-be royals in its Grade I listed parish church and fascinating real-life links to one of the world’s top music superstars.
Set amid some of Suffolk’s most beautiful landscapes, this lively community is simply the perfect place to visit, stay, live, and share all year round.
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In & Around Framlingham
A Vibrant Fairtrade Town
Long-established as a Fairtrade town, ‘Fram’ has a healthy appetite for events and places to enjoy time-out with friends and family.
Alongside its superb collection of independent shops and twice-weekly fresh food markets, it has a supermarket stocking Fairtrade goods, local produce and artisan foods as standard. There’s a great crop of pubs, cafés and delicious dining experiences too – something for every mood, taste, time of day and budget!
Events at Framlingham Castle
Don’t miss the fantastic programme of events at Framlingham Castle. From knights in residence to spooky autumn trails, every school holiday has a creative or fun event to please all the family.
Fun Framlingham Events for All
Framlingham is home to many community events, clubs and activity groups and a thriving arts and culture scene. Look out for regular markets, pop up shops, craft and antique fairs, and concerts and exhibitions at the town’s wide range of historic and contemporary venues, plus inspiring get-togethers and fun and games for children at Framlingham Library.
Explore a Castle Like No Other
Once upon a time, perhaps as early as the 6th century, there was a castle on a Suffolk hill… But today’s curtain-walled castle with its wall-top walk and stunning panoramic views was over 800 years old before local-lad Ed Sheeran sky-rocketed it to stardom in his triple-platinum hit single!
Family-friendly Framlingham Castle and its magical Mere nature reserve are simply awesome for so many reasons – so too St Michael’s Church, Market Hill and all the heritage town too, of course!
Framlingham Castle The Mere
Enjoy a Creative & Supportive Community
Regularly named amongst the best places to live in Britain, Framlingham is so much more than just its bricks (flint, stone, wattle-and-daub) and mortar.
Designers, painters, makers, musicians and all sorts of artisans thrive here. You’ll find their creations on show, and on sale in the shops, markets and pop-galleries around the town.
There’s also a real, overall sense of community in this truly much-loved country town. It’s an inspiring, colourful and caring sort of place and that really shows wherever your footsteps take you.
Get a Taste for the Deliciously Local
From fresh market produce to brilliant café bakes, friendly fine dining and great pub grub, Framlingham is a scrummy sort of proposition.
Get a taste for the place, and you’re sure to be back for more!
Follow the Trail
Set off and explore Framlingham – in person at your own pace, or now even from your armchair!
Online Trail - Get StartedWalk this Way
Perfect for gentle strolls or right old rambles, there’s every reason under the Suffolk sun to explore Framlingham’s beautifully gentle historic countryside. Take a wildlife-watching stroll around the Mere or to Framlingham’s very own vineyard. Walk in the footsteps of early New World settlers. Track down must-see Ed Sheeran-connections around town perhaps? Or head further out on themed walks from UFOs to military history and Suffolk’s Valley of the Anglo-Saxon Kings.
Walks & TrailsDiscover Framlingham
Framlingham is a thriving, friendly and heritage-rich market town with its impressive Framlingham Castle and Mere in Suffolk England, located in easy reach of London. It is set in beautiful gently rolling countryside, just a short drive from the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape which includes the Suffolk Heritage Coast, RSPB Minsmere, Sutton Hoo and the world-famous concert hall at Snape Maltings. Framlingham has a vibrant creative community and has strong connections with global pop icon Ed Sheeran who grew up here and has gone on to make the area his family home.
So Close to the Coast…
Just 14 miles from beaches of Aldeburgh, creative Framlingham is well located to make the most of Suffolk’s castle country and the stunning heritage coast.
Framlingham is easily accessible by road and only 2 hours’ drive from London. It’s local bus network includes a demand responsive shuttle bus service to the nearest train station at Wickham Market (Campsea Ashe) served by Greater Anglia services (via Ipswich to London – Liverpool Street, and via Lowestoft to Norwich). Public transport also links Framlingham to the internationally renowned Snape Maltings concert hall and arts hub, for walks to the coast at Aldeburgh.
Framlingham is directly on National Cycle Route 1 and the Suffolk Coastal Cycle Route and East Wolf Way.
