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| Stowmarket
is a large market town, once often visited by the poet John
Milton whose tutor, Thomas Young, lived here at the vicarage.
There are Georgian and Victorian houses around the market
square, as well as a 18th century workhouse at Stow
Lodge Hospital.
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Map of Stowmarket |
What
To See -
Stowmarket Tourist Attractions
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 Museum
Of East Anglian Life, Abbots Hall, 70 acres, reconstructed
buildings in a riverside setting, shop etc, Tel: 01449 612229
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Shrubland
Park Gardens, take the A14 towards Ipswich then the A140
and the B1078 to visit these Victorian Gardens,shop etc Tel:01473
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| Haughley
Park Gardens,
4 miles north off the A14, gardens,
parkland and 100 acres of woods in the grounds of a private
Jacobean manor house
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| Mechanical
Music Museum and Bygones, at Cotton off the B1113 to
the north, complete with Wurlitzer in a reconstructed cinema!,
shop etc. Tel: 01449 613876 |
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| Woolpit,
off the A14 at the junction with the A1088, interesting church,
Look in the museum for local history and tall tales. |
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| Outside
the town on the B1113, Needham Market
church is worth a look. |
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| Stonham
Aspal, on the A1120 after crossing the A140, eastwards,
has Stonham Barns, a collection
of craft shops, and a British Birds Of
Prey Conservation Centre Tel: 01449 711425 |
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Where
To Stay in Stowmarket
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Guest
Houses, Bed & Breakfasts, Inns and Other Hotels
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A14 Wesbound Haughley Stowmarket IP14 3 PY
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Stonham Aspal near Stowmarket
This attractive, single storey cottage, whose French doors open onto a pretty courtyard garden, makes a perfect retreat in beautiful unspoilt Suffolk. Adjoining the owner's 17th century home, it is just 200 yards from the village inn. Framlingham… Sleeps 2 + t/cot
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Around
The Stowmarket Area
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| Days out
in Ipswich and Bury
St Edmunds can be mixed with the delightful Suffolk villages,
try Lavenham. |
Tourist Information on Nearby Towns To Visit - straight line distance:
Lavenham (10.13 miles) Hadleigh (10.14 miles) Stanton (10.46 miles) Eye (11.11 miles) Ipswich (11.39 miles) Boxford (12.47 miles) Bury St Edmunds (12.50 miles) Diss (13.92 miles) Long Melford (13.92 miles) East Burgholt (14.60 miles) Framlingham (14.85 miles) |
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