Saxmundham - town and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom

Saxmundham is in East Anglia. It's a charming working market town catering more for local residents than the tourism industry, but is a good base for exploring the Suffolk coast and inland rural towns and villages.

Understand

Town Sign It dates back to the Doomsday Book (by which time it already had 3 churches). The town gained its market charter in 1272; the market still operates today.

The nearby RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve was the base for the TV SpringWatch nature series for several years.

Get in

By road

Saxmundham is just off the A12 (which has bypassed the town) and is a 2-hour drive from London.

By train

Saxmundham Station

By bus

First Buses (dead link: January 2023) in Norfolk and Suffolk also operate a bus to Ipswich and surrounding towns such as Aldeburgh.

By bicycle

Get around

Saxmundham is a small town and most places are within walking distance of each other. If you need to there is a bus service that runs around the town and then onto Ipswich.

See

St. John the Baptist Church

Do

Buy

The town has a variety of independent and chain stores on the High Street and around the central part of the town.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Bell Hotel, High Street

Connect

Saxmundham and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers. As of Sept 2022, 5G has not reached this area.

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Saxmundham

Postal code:IP17Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:Europe/LondonPopulation:3,644Coordinates:52.22, 1.49

Suffolk

2nd-order administrative division

England

Primary administrative division

United Kingdom

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Population:66.5 MDial code:+44Currency:Pound (GBP)Voltage:230 V, 50 Hz