Framlingham – a Place for all Seasons
Framlingham is simply a great place to stay and live – a town where the countryside is only ever a mini- walk away and the beautiful Suffolk Heritage Coast only a short drive. It really is a home for all seasons.
Here’s why…
Spring
Catkins on your favourite Fram dog walk. An impromptu spring game of ‘Pooh Sticks’ on the little bridge by Fen Meadow. Banks of primroses and violets viewed from the castle earthworks. A moorhen busying herself with her brood down by The Riverside. Bright blooms in the tubs on Well Close Square and a bright fun-fair-filled GalaFest weekend on the horizon.
Summer
A mooch around Framlingham Mere near the cattle and marsh irises. The freshest summer veg colouring the allotments beautiful. An al fresco concert that’s music to the ears, or a relaxed coffee on the pavement terraces watching the Fram world go by. An old section of the cemetery filled with wildflowers and butterflies. The sleek splendour of the Horse Show perhaps. The purple surprise of a lavender-hedged allotment, that’s pretending to be in Provence.
Autumn
Golden leaves to catch on the autumn walk to school down through Pigs Meadow. A hedge full of sloes and trees dripping elderberries. The castle’s Tudor chimneys just poking through a swathe of low-hanging mist. Harvest time at Shawsgate Vineyard. A warming, wood-fired pizza or food-truck fayre with friends at the pub. One great bonfire and a firework-filled sky; a day full of poppies to remember.
Winter
The whoosh of a toboggan down the daring wintery slopes of Fram Castle’s earthworks. A heart-warmingly homemade pie for supper, scooped from a traditional market trader or a dive in the deli. Twinkling Christmas lights, community carols and a charity market on the Hill. Log fires and comfy sofas in The Crown. Real holly, ivy and robins in the hedgerows. Mistletoe and more…
A stay in Framlingham is magical at any time of the year. Come and feel at home in the country. It’s a place where the flags will always be out to welcome you, but that’s another story…
