Suffolk

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Suffolk

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Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large, low-lying county in East Anglia in eastern England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich and other important towns are Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds.

The Suffolk Broads area is part of The Broads National Park. The Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Towns and villages

• Aldeburgh
• Beccles, Blundeston, Blythburgh, Bradenham, Brandon, Bungay, Bury St Edmunds
• Capel St. Mary, Cavendish
• Ditchingham, Dunwich
• East Bergholt, Eye
• Felixstowe, Framlingham
• Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Herringfleet, Honington
• Ipswich
• Kesgrave, Kessingland, Kettlebaston
• Leiston, Lowestoft - most easterly town in Britain
• Mildenhall
• Needham Market, Newmarket, Norton
• Orford, Oulton Oulton Broad
• St Olaves, Saxmundham, Saxtead, Saxtead Green, Shelley, Snape, Somerleyton, Southwold, Sudbury
• Walberswick, Wickham Market, Woodbridge

Places of interest

• Suffolk Broads
• RSPB Stour Estuary
• The Broads National Park
• Suffolk Heritage Coast
• Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path
• Dedham Vale
• Orford Ness
• Saxtead Green Post Mill
• Southwold Lighthouse
• Clare Castle
• Leiston Abbey
• Sue Ryder Foundation Museum
• Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
• Sutton Hoo
• Aldeburgh Festival
• Adnams brewery

External link

• Suffolk County Council

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Suffolk" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk, used under the GNU Free Documentation License