Framlingham Castle
We had the chance to visit the midieval castle in Framlingham, UK. The castle was built in the 12th century and was once the home of Mary Tudor before she became queen in 1553.
There is currently some preservation work being done to the interior of the castle walls.
The photo above shows the area of the 12th century moat.
Over the years the castle changed hands multiple times. It has been used as a poor house, a prison, a house for plague victims, a courthouse, a meeting hall, and on and on.
Framlingham castle is now an English Heritage site.
Across the lake you can see Framlingham college.
In December we enjoy long sunsets at about 3:45 in the afternoon.
After walking around the castle, we walked several blocks into charming Framlingham. This is St. Michael’s church.
Framlingham castle and town were quite lovely and we would have spent more time exploring if it wasn’t getting dark and cold. So we headed home for a hot cuppa tea!
Looks fantastic! It’s incredible seeing so much history up close isn’t it?? Gets flippin cold though – nice cup of tea will sort that out… A dash of whiskey in it for the grown ups helps too
Amanda, I totally agree. It is inspiring being so close to history! And we drank a lot of hot tea, but I have never tried it with whiskey 🙂 The cold and wind and damp days had me saying “blustery” a lot. Which got me thinking about Winnie the Pooh. Which started me researching, and sure enough, the author of Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, is from England. Hampstead, near London. Makes perfect sense. What part of England are you from?
You guys have mom and dad’s address? I have someone asking and I don’t appear to have it. I thought I did, but the one I gave my classmate bounced back.