Photo : The Moot Hall
Photo : Snape Maltings
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The Moot Hall. Aldeburgh. The Moot Hall was once, as long ago
as the middle of the 16th century, in the centre of Aldeburgh.
By the beginning of the 17th century houses were being lost to
the sea and a hundred years later there was little more to the
East of the Moot Hall than there is today, it is now only a few
yards from the beach. The Moot Hall is now the meeting place
of the Town Council and, upstairs, a small, but interesting,
museum. Location: In the centre of Aldeburgh.
Snape Maltings, Nr. Saxmundham,
Suffolk IP17 1SR. Tel: 01728 688303/5. Snape Maltings is a unique
collection of granaries and malthouses nestling beside the River
Alde. Shops, galleries and restaurants fill the old buildings
where local barley was once malted for the brewing industry.
The present owners, the Gooderham family, bought the Maltings
in the 1960s and set about its gradual restoration and rejuvenation.
About 5 miles west of Aldeburgh.
Leiston Abbey, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4TB. Leiston Abbey is a
beautiful historic site dating from 1363, set in the Suffolk
countryside on the heritage coast. A 14th-century abbey with
a 16th-century brick gatehouse. Managed by Pro Corda Trust, a
charity running chamber music courses for children during the
school holidays. www.leistonabbey.co.uk. About 4 miles north
of Aldeburgh.
LONG SHOP MUSEUM, Main
Street, Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4ES. Tel: 01728 832189. The Long
Shop Steam Museum will introduce you to Richard Garrett III or
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. Describes the lives of working people
in an industrial town in the Victorian era. About 3 miles north
of Aldeburgh.
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