Other towns and cities

The list on this page provides links to other towns and cities in the area. Distances are generally by cross-country routes.

The following websites contain pages with additional information about many of the places listed (most local first.)

Visit Suffolk Coast

Just Suffolk

Suffolk Coast

Wikipedia (Towns in Suffolk)

East of England Tourist Board

Information Britain

UK Attraction

and mainly photographs

Woodbridge Suffolk (covers surrounding area)

Suffolk Cam

The Francis Frith Collection

Zippix

Geograph British Isles

Please see also surrounding parishes for a list of communities within about 12 miles of Saxmundham Station.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk. IP15

Situated about 5 to 8 miles to the southeast of Saxmundham and 2 to 5 miles south of Leiston.

Beccles, Suffolk. NR34

Situated about 18 to 21 miles to the north of Saxmundham.

Bungay, Suffolk. NR35

Situated about 18 to 20 miles to the north of Saxmundham.

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. IP32-33

Situated about 38 to 41 miles to the west of Saxmundham.

Cambridge. CB1-5

Situated about 65 to 70 miles to the west of Saxmundham.

Chelmsford, Essex . CM1-2

Situated about 60 to 65 miles to the southwest of Saxmundham.

Colchester, Essex . CO1-4

Situated about 35 to 40 miles to the southwest of Saxmundham.

Diss, Norfolk. IP22

Situated about 25 to 30 miles to the northwest of Saxmundham.

Eye, Suffolk. IP23

Situated about 19 to 23 miles to the northwest of Saxmundham.

Felixstowe, Suffolk. IP11

Situated about 24 to 27 miles to the south of Saxmundham.

Framlingham, (Woodbridge,) Suffolk. IP13

Situated about 6 to 9 miles to the west of Saxmundham, 4 to 8 miles north of Wickham Market and 9 to 13 miles north of Woodbridge. The Post Office now list Woodbridge as the post town for Framlingham, but there is a campaign to have Framlingham re-instated as a post town in its own right.

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. NR30-31

Situated about 30 to 35 miles to the north of Saxmundham.

Halesworth, Suffolk. IP19

Situated about 10 to 12 miles to the north of Saxmundham.

Ipswich, Suffolk. IP1-4

Situated about 19 to 24 miles to the southwest of Saxmundham.

Leiston cum Sizewell, Suffolk, IP16

Situated about 3 to 7 miles to the east of Saxmundham and 3 to 5 miles north of Aldeburgh. The nuclear power stations at Sizewell are patrolled by armed guards who are allowed to operate up to five kilometres away.

For additional information see:

Leiston Abbey

Leiston Film Theatre

Long Shop Museum

Lowestoft, Suffolk. NR32-33

Situated about 21 to 26 miles to the northeast of Saxmundham.

Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP6

Situated about 23 to 24 miles to the west of Saxmundham and 8 to 9 miles nothwest of Ipswich.

Newmarket, Suffolk. CB8

Situated about 53 to 57 miles to the west of Saxmundham.

Norwich, Norfolk. NR1-7

Situated about 35 to 40 miles to the north of Saxmundham.

Southwold, Suffolk. IP18

Situated about 12 to 14 miles to the northeast of Saxmundham and 8 to 10 miles east of Halesworth.

Stowmarket, Suffolk. IP14

Situated about 24 to 26 miles to the west of Saxmundham.

Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk. IP13

Situated about 8 to 9 miles to the southwest of Saxmundham and 5 to 6 miles northeast of Woodbridge.

Woodbridge, Suffolk. IP12

Situated about 12 to 15 miles to the southwest of Saxmundham.