Overview
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1Overlooking the quiet market square, you are in the centre of this ancient Suffolk town with its attractive castle (featuring in the Ed Sheeran song, ’Castle on the Hill’) and excellent amenities.
View the full list of amenities on offer at House On The Hill below.
Check-in: 4pm – 10pm
Check out: 9.30am – earlier at present to allow for extra Covid safety cleaning
No smoking allowed
Our Covid-19 Guidelines
- Covid cleaning and sanitisation to government guidelines.
- Temporary removal of some non-essential high touch items.
- Safe key collection and key drop.
- Hand soap or sanitiser provided
- Social distancing measures where appropriate.
- Later check-in and earlier check out applies during Covid restrictions, these will be flexible when possible.
Gallery
Amenities
General
- Private parking
- WiFi internet
- Gas central heating
- Hot water
- Access via 15 steps from rear courtyard
- Welcome pack
Living Room
- TV with Freeview and access to streaming services
- Sofa and two armchairs
- Double aspect with large window overlooking the market square
Kitchen & Breakfast Area
- Electric Oven and Induction Hob
- Microwave
- Fridge
- Icemaker
- Dishwasher
- Washing machine
- Well equipped
- Table and 4 chairs (High chair available)
- Large window overlooking the market square
Shower Room
- Heated towel rail
- Shampoo / Soap
- Large shower with overhead or hand-held spray
- Towels
Front Bedroom
- Kingsize bed
- Bedside tables and dressing table
- Large window overlooking the market square
Rear Bedroom
- Zip-link super-king bed (can be twin beds on request)
- Bedside tables and dressing table
- Cot available
- Storage
- Window with view to church at rear
Outdoor
- Sheltered courtyard with seating and tables
- Bike shed
- Access from parking area
- Bike store
- Note this space is shared with the occupants of the 2nd floor apartment
Safety
- First aid kit
- Fire extinguisher and fire blanket
- Carbon monoxide alarm
- Smoke alarm
- No smoking
Location
Framlingham, Suffolk (IP13 9BA)
House On The Hill
Getting around by car
- London rail links – 14 mins
- Harwich for ferries to Holland – 1 hr 10 mins
- Felixstowe – 35 mins
- Stansted airport – 1 hr 30 mins
- Cambridge – 1 hr 30 mins
- Bury St Edmunds – 1 hr
- Ipswich – 45 mins
- Colchester – 1 hr
- Norwich – 1 hr 10 mins
- Sutton Hoo – 25 mins
- Aldeburgh (nearest beach) – 25 mins
- Southwold – 30 mins
- Orford – 30 mins
- Felixstowe (foot ferry to Harwich) – 40 mins
- Snape Maltings – 25 mins
- Rendlesham and Tunstall forests – 25 mins
- Nearest shop, pub and restaurant – 25 metres
Find out more about what’s on offer in the area in the Things To Do section below.
Looking for a countryside stay instead?
We have a converted dairy that sleeps 2 in the nearby village of Great Glemham in Suffolk.
Reviews
Clean – great location and a fantastic host. We couldn’t have asked for more from this great little flat in the heart of Suffolk.
SW, August 2021
H, April 2021
DN, October 2020
K, September 2020
Things To Do
Here are just a few ideas for things to do during your stay at House On The Hill…
Framlingham
Framlingham (usually abbreviated to just “Fram”) is a small town dating back at least to the 11th century with an attractive medieval centre. Enjoy a stroll through the streets and alleys to see some lovely old buildings.
There is a market in the square on Tuesdays and Saturdays with a range of stalls of fresh produce and artisan products.
In the market square and adjacent streets are several cafes, bars and restaurants along with amenity, food and gift shopping.
The castle (English Heritage) and grounds are set on the hillside overlooking the surrounding countryside and the town. It is just 5 minutes’ walk from your apartment.
Set among the rolling countryside surrounding Fram are many picturesque villages.
Nature Reserves
RSPB Minsmere – world renowned wetland, Boyton and Snape Warren.
National Trust Orford Ness.
The nearby Woodland Trust Pound Farm is a wonderful mix of woodland, orchard, grassy race, wildflower meadow and ponds covering 250 acres and nearly all fenced – ideal for those with four-legged guests!
Suffolk Wildlife Trust has several smaller reserves.
Hamford Water National Nature Reserve for seal watching trips (from Harwich via the Felixstowe to Harwich harbour foot ferry).
Culture
Snape Maltings is the home of the world renowned concert hall and of the Britten Pears Music Trust. The trust also owns Red House in Aldeburgh the home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears which is open to visitors and gives a great insight to the life and music of Britten. The concert hall has regular performances across all musical genre including the Snape Proms season.
Several of the large estates have summer evening events of performance art.
There are cinemas at Woodbridge, Aldeburgh, Leiston, Ipswich and Southwold which also has a summer theatre.
There are several good art galleries, some in quite unexpected places across the local area.
Historical Towns and Villages
Orford on the coast also has an English Heritage castle, Pinney’s fish smoke house and National Trust Orford Ness nature reserve.
Woodbridge is a larger, attractive market town on the river Deben with a wide range of shops, facilities, cinema, pubs and restaurants.
Beaches
For miles of wonderful sandy beach you won’t beat Southwold (home of Adnams brewery) with its lighthouse, gaily painted beach huts and Walberswick (try not catching a crab).
From Dunwich to Felixstowe is basically one long beach, mostly shingle and sand with the gentile seaside town of Aldeburgh the closest beach to Simpers Drift.
Outdoor Sports
For golfers there are good local golf courses at Woodbridge, Aldeburgh and Southwold.
There is beach fishing at Aldeburgh, Southwold and Thorpeness and fishing trips can be booked with local firms.
Riding stables near beach, forest and river.
Walking and Cycling
From the doorstep you will find an extensive network of walks and cycle routes meandering through the pretty Suffolk villages, both country and coastal including the Suffolk Coastal long distance walk.
Maps and guides available.
Sutton Hoo
Just a 15 minute drive away is National Trust owned archaeological site Sutton Hoo, featured in the book ‘The Dig’ (filmed starring Ralph Feinnes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James). The exhibition includes replicas of the astounding Saxon treasures (originals in the British Museum) found at the site.
Port of Felixstowe
Within a 35 minute drive is Felixstowe with its beaches.
A passenger and bike Ferry leaves from Landguard Fort (English Heritage) to historical Harwich and Shotley, This is provided by award winning Harwich Harbour Ferry Services who also run fascinating seal watching trips all year round.
Food and Drink
You will find a wonderful variety of venues serving excellent local food from fine dining to fish and chips.
Local farm shops and markets selling a wide range of locally grown or prepared food and drink.
A warm welcome at every bar with several Suffolk breweries well represented.
Enjoy wine tasting at nearby Shawsgate Vineyard.
For more information on the Suffolk Coast please visit suffolkcoastandheaths.org.
Sustainability
We try to manage our properties in a sustainable way.
- When buying we try to source from local and/or fair trade businesses.
- We try to minimise plastics by:
- Refilling consumable cleaning / washing products from bulk dispensers.
- Not providing single use plastic shower products (but our handwash in the shower rooms is good for body and hair as well).
- We try to source environment friendly, plant based cleaning products and avoid non-essential products such as fabric conditioners.
- Our laundry is air dried where possible.
- Our dirty laundry bags are reusable cotton.
- We provide (hot washed) cleaning cloths for your use.
- Our electricity is from 100% non-fossil generation.
- We encourage you to recycle waste in line with local authority arrangements.
Enquiries
Please get in touch using the contact form below if you wish to book or require more information on House On The Hill.