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Leiston Attractions
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The House in the Clouds was originally a water tank, designed in 1923, to provide sufficient water to the village of Thorpeness, in the absence of a mains water supply....
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Leiston Abbey has the extensive remains of a 14th Century monastery set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside just outside the small town of Leiston. The abbey moved there in 1360...
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Leiston Film Theatre is Suffolk’s oldest purpose built cinema and can be found along the main high street in the centre of Leiston. On 27th October 1914 the Leiston Picture...
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The Long Shop Museum is a steam museum housed in part of the factory where the famous Richard Garrett steam engines were produced in Leiston Main Street. The Long Shop...
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Thorpeness Almshouses are an excellent example of the mock Tudor houses created by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie in the 1920s, as part of his private fantasy holiday resort. Ogilvie set out...
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Thorpeness Meare is a large artificial boating lake originally inspired by extensive flooding in 1910. Landowner Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, the creator of Thorpeness, is said to have viewed the flooding...
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Built in 1803, Thorpeness Windmill was originally a corn mill at the nearby village of Aldringham. It was purchased and moved to its present site in 1923, where it was...
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This library and archive is one of the finest collections in this area of the world. There are a great deal of ancient and historic texts contained within the...
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Snape Maltings is a unique, mainly mid 19th Century, collection of granaries and malthouses close beside the River Alde near Saxmundham in Suffolk. The Maltings were used for malting local...
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The Aldeburgh Moot Hall was built around 1520 and was the towns meeting place for some 400 years. Then it was positioned at the centre of the picturesque town of...
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Conceived by Suffolk-born artist Maggi Hambling and constructed by local craftsmen Sam and Dennis Pegg, The Scallop is a visual and tactile sculpture which encourages people to sit and watch...
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Minsmere Nature Reserve is located along the beautiful Suffolk Heritage Coast near Westleton and Saxmundham. The reserve is run by the Royal society for the protection of Birds (RSPB) and...
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Dunwich Heath is run by the National Trust and is set in a Suffolk area of outstanding natural beauty. The area was once part of the extensive Sandlings Heaths and...
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This museum is housed in an original wartime control tower which is located on the edge of this airfield. There are a great deal of exhibits that are related...
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A nature reserve of international renown and importance, this area of Suffolk has some of the most beautiful and fascinating examples of plants and animals that you will find anywhere...
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King Henry II built Orford Castle between 1163 and 1175 against the threat of coastal invasion and to strengthen his royal authority. When built the castle consisted of a long...
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This museum is dedicated to the history of this beautiful building and the surrounding areas of countryside. Framlingham and its people have a long and illustrious past that is...
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