Melford, as it is known locally) is a large village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, approximately 16 miles (26 km) from Colchester and 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St. Edmunds. It is one of Suffolk's "wool towns" and is a former market town. The parish also includes the hamlets of Bridge Street and Cuckoo Tye.
Population: 2,795
Latitude: 52° 04' 29.32" N
Longitude: 0° 42' 59.00" E
The Mercury Theatre is a theatre in Colchester, producing highly regarded original work under the title "Made in Colchester" and also receiving touring shows. The theatre has two auditoria, and the Artistic Director is Daniel Buckroyd.
Lord's Bridge was a railway station on the Varsity Line which ran between Oxford and Cambridge. Situated in the north of the parish of Harlton on the western outskirts of Cambridge, it was the penultimate station before the line's eastern terminus a…
Lady Mitchell Hall (LMH) is a large lecture theatre owned by the University of Cambridge.
Kennett is a railway station serving the village of Kentford in Cambridgeshire, England. It opened in 1854 when the railway was extended from Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds. At its peak during the period 1860 to 1890 there was a station master and thr…
The Ipswich Martyrs were nine people burnt at the stake for their Lollard or Protestant beliefs around 1515-1558. The executions were mainly carried out in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk on The Cornhill, the square in front of Ipswich Town Hall. At …
The Interplanetary Scintillation Array (IPS Array or Pulsar Array) was built at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory in 1967 and originally covered four acres (16,000 m²). It was extended in 1978 to nine, and re-furbished in 1989. It operates at …
Leavenheath is a village and civil parish located on the Essex - Suffolk border. Located on the A134 between Sudbury and Colchester, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also contains the hamlets of Cock Street and Honey Tye, and in 2001 had a…
Holywells Park is a 67-acre (270,000 m2) public park in Ipswich, England situated between Nacton Road and Cliff Lane, near to Ipswich dock.
Henham, or Henham-on-the-Hill is a small village near Stansted Airport, located in Uttlesford, Essex. It has a population of around 1200 and used to be a station on the Elsenham to Thaxted branch line. Its local pub is The Cock.
Halstead Town F.C. is an English football club based in Halstead, Essex.
Hadstock is a village in Essex, England, about 6 miles (10 km) from Saffron Walden. It is on the county boundary with Cambridgeshire and about 9 miles (14 km) from Cambridge. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 320.
At 128 metres (420 ft), Great Wood Hill is the highest point in the Newmarket Ridge and in the English county of Suffolk.
Great Horkesley is a small village approximately 3 miles north of Colchester in the county of Essex, UK, and is part of the borough of Colchester.
Gestingthorpe (pronounced /ˈɡɛstɪŋθɔrp/ GEST-ing-thorp, 'guesstingthorpe') is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the English county of Essex. It is approximately halfway between the towns of Halstead in Essex and Sudbury in S…
Freston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley peninsula. It is situated 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001 there were 122 people living in Freston.
Framlingham railway station was located in Framlingham, Suffolk, UK and was the terminus station on the Framlingham Branch.
Foxhall Stadium is a Stock car racing stadium located in Foxhall near Ipswich. The Stadium is also used by the Ipswich Witches Speedway team, which race on most Thursday nights from March to October starting at 7.30pm. The stadium also hosts carboot…
Fleam Dyke is an earthwork in eastern Cambridgeshire, England, it was generally assumed to be Anglo-Saxon of origin while more recently Alison Taylor cautiously concluded that though most defensive dykes in Cambridgeshire have been shown to be Anglo…