Lavenham in Suffolk

Fine Tudor townhouses mingle with small crooked cottages, together with first rate shops and galleries and eating and drinking establishments.

Lavenham Medieval House
Lavenham Medieval Hall or Little Hall

Lavenham is famous for its timber framed streets and is one of the best preserved tudor villages in England.

Lavenham Wool house
Lavenham Wool House

Lavenhams great wealth cam from a thriving industrin cloth production, which reached its peak in the earlyu sixteenth century. A generation later the economic bubble had burst and Lavenham was left in a backwater. The townsfolk could not even afford to rebuild their houses.

Three centuries later the railway came to the town and regenerated the economy so the town became relativly affluent once more.

Lavenham Little Hall

14th Century hall house restored in the 1930's by Gayer-Andersons and filled with their collectioin of art and artefacts. This much loved museum withits tranquil garden will intrigue you with the story of its occupants through the century. Tel 01787 247019 Clic for more info on Lavenham little hall, address: Little Hall, Market Place, Lavenham, Suffolk, C010 9QZ.

Lavenham Corpus Christi
Lavenham Corpus Christi Hall

The Guildhall of Corpus Christi, Market Place, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 9QZ
Telephone: 01787 247646

  • Tudor building in the heart of a remarkably preserved medieval villageStunning early 16th-century timber-framed building
  • Local history museum, with exhibitions on medieval cloth industry
  • Tranquil walled garden with dye plants used since middle ages
  • Dressing-up boxes for children
  • Set in one of England's finest Tudor villages

The Great House Market Place, Lavenham, Suffolk, United Kingdom CO10 9QZ Tel:  01787 247431 Fax:  01787 248007

Beautiful 15th century hotel and restaurant in the heart of lovely Lavenham. One of the highlights of the food scene in Suffolk for 20 years, so expect seriously good cuisine. One of the seven best Restaurants with Rooms in Britain, according to Olive Magazine.

Lavenham House Crooked An Example of probably the most crooked house in Lavenham, it’s stood there for hundreds of years but looks like it could fall down any minute.

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Stay at Pelican Cottage

a delightfully modernised Victorian fisherman's cottage with four star accommodation right in the heart of Aldeburgh high street with the beach close by.

It has three bedrooms sleeping four adults and two children in bunk beds. There is an enclosed patio garden and games room and is available all year round for weekly rental and weekend breaks.

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