Hotels in Suffolk


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About Suffolk

Suffolk was part of the kingdom of East Anglia which was settled by the Angles in the 5th century.

In 1974, Suffolk was split into five administrative districts, Suffolk Coastal, West Suffolk, Babergh, Forest Heath and Mid Suffolk with Suffolk Coastal's council based in Woodbridge, Babergh's in Hadleigh, Mid-Suffolk's in Needham Market, Forest Heath's in Mildenhall and West Suffolk's in Bury St Edmunds. There is also Waveney (with its council based in Lowestoft) and Ipswich Borough which is the administrative council controlling the county town.
The agreed upon number of established communities in Suffolk varies greatly because of the large number of the all but non-existent hamlets which may consist of just a single farm and a deconsecrated church: remnants of wealthy communities, some dating back to the early days of the Christian era. Suffolk encompasses one of the most ancient regions of the UK: A monastery in Bury St. Edmunds founded in 630AD, plotting of the Magna Carta in 1215; the oldest documented structural element of a still inhabited dwelling in Britain found in Clare.

This comparatively recent evidence is but a coda to the widespread settlement in the region shown by earlier archaeological evidence of Mesolithic man as far back as c.7000BC, (Grimes Graves, Norfolk - a 5000 y/o flint mine) with Roman settlements Lakenheath, Long Melford, later Bronze and Saxon settlements. Sutton Hoo: burial ground of the Anglo-Saxon pagan kings of East Anglia.


Ipswich Centre - Suffolk

Ipswich Centre - Suffolk

Ipswich is England's oldest continuously settled Anglo-Saxon town, and contains many architectural gems within its medieval streets - from the decorative plasterwork of the 'Ancient House' (c. 1670), to Sir Norman Foster's award-winning Willis Corroon Building. Visit the Victorian wet dock which is undergoing an exciting renaissance with its waterfront bars and restaurants, a marina and cruises down the river on the 'Orwell Lady'. Or why not 'shop 'til you drop' in one of the regions best retail centres, featuring big-name stores alongside more specialist shops. At night-time try one of the numerous eating establishments, fiendly pubs or take a visit to the cinema or a show at the Regent or New Wolsey theatres.

 

Framlingham Castle - Suffolk

Framlingham Castle - Suffolk

Framlingham is a magnificent example of a late 12th-century castle. Built by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, the castle, together with Framlingham Mere, was designed both as a stronghold and as a symbol of power and status – as befitted one of the most influential people in the court of Henry II. Architecturally, the castle is notable for its curtain wall and mural towers, an early example of this style. The castle fulfilled a number of roles. It was at the centre of the struggle between the Bigod barons and the Crown, and Mary Tudor stayed here in 1553, before being crowned Queen. At the end of the 16th century it was a prison; later still a poorhouse and school were built in the grounds.

 
 

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