Framlingham - Features

Features

Framlingham has a conservation area. The town is home to the summer arts festival Arts Framlingham, Framlingham Castle, the comprehensive secondary school Thomas Mills High School, the independent school Framlingham College, St Michael the Archangel church and Framlingham Town football club. It is also home to the two oldest working post office pillar boxes in the UK which date from 1856 and can be seen at Double Street and College Road.

It is also home to one of the smallest houses in Britain, known as "The Check House". Converted into a two-storey residence of almost 29 square metres, the former bookmakers office is in the Mauldens Mill Estate in the town centre. The ground floor measures 6.1m x 2.2m.

The nearest stations are Wickham Market and Saxmundham. Both stations are on the East Suffolk Line.

In 2006, Country Life magazine voted Framlingham the number one place to live in the country.

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