The Mere & Castle Viewpoint
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The Mere & Castle Viewpoint
A curtain-walled castle viewed across a wildlife-rich lake, with a medieval church to one side and cattle grazing the water-meadows… Few vistas are more impressive, and rarely do human history and natural history sit together as comfortably as they do here. A natural, river-fed feature, unaffected by human activity for the first 7,000 years of its life, the Mere was enlarged when the castle was built. Today its wildlife habitats include sedge swamps, damp meadows, open water, pollarded willows, scrub and mature trees.
Location
Continue your Trail
Scroll right to head north along New Road to take the signed footpath (between houses) uphill to Pig’s Meadow for views of Framlingham College.
Scroll left to head south along New Road to Hitcham’s Almshouses and Well Close Square to then continue either south down Station Road or east along Bridge Street towards Market Hill and Framlingham Castle.
The Mere / Castle Viewpoint
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