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Freckenham Castle

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Freckenham Castle is a castle in Suffolk. The Albion Guide charts twelve castles in the county; this is one of them. For more of the same, Burwell Castle and Cheveley Castle are close by. For arrivals by rail, Kennett Station is 5.6 km to the south-east.

More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Freckenham Castle

Photo of Chippenham Park Gardens, a garden in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

Chippenham Park Gardens

Garden near Chippenham

RHS partner garden around a country house near Newmarket, celebrated for sheets of snowdrops and daffodils and formal borders.

2.7 km S

Photo of The Three Horseshoes (Fordham), a gastropub in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

The Three Horseshoes (Fordham)

Gastropub near Fordham

Village pub near Newmarket with carefully prepared, good-value dishes.

4.6 km W

Photo along the Icknield Way Path, a 110-mile long-distance path running from Ivinghoe Beacon to Knettishall Heath, England.

Icknield Way Path

Long-distance path

The missing middle of the 'oldest road in Britain', linking the Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath.

5.7 km SE · spans 7 counties

Photo of Tuddenham Mill, a restaurant in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Tuddenham Mill

Restaurant · With rooms near Tuddenham

A restored watermill with rooms serving modern British cooking in rural Suffolk.

6.6 km E

Photo of Moulton Packhorse Bridge, a landmark near Burwell, Suffolk, eastern England.

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

Landmark near Burwell

Fifteenth-century packhorse bridge of flint and brick, its four pointed arches crossing the little River Kennett in the Suffolk village of Moulton.

8 km S

Photo of Wicken Fen, a National Nature Reserve near Reach, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Wicken Fen

National Nature Reserve near Reach

Last fragment of ancient undrained fenland.

9.9 km W