Just over 11½ Miles
by Train from Marks Tey, Sudbury is a Market Town on the
Border of Suffolk and Essex, with a wide range of shops,
from small independent business to the national chains,
and with the newly built retail park, and new houses planned,
Sudbury is set to grown further in the coming months.
Once a busy
railway station with three through lines and a large coal
yard for freight trains, Sudbury was situated on the line
from Colchester to Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge via Haverhill,
the line was closed between Sudbury and Cambridge/Bury in
the early 60s, the Cambridge
to Sudbury Rail Renewal Association are currently campaigning
to get this back
Sudbury
dates back to around the time of the Saxons and is also
the birthplace of the famous painter Thomas Gainsborough
who was born in 1727 in a house now know as Gainsborough's
House, which features many examples of his paintings, and
is now open for visitors to view his work. Sudbury also
includes a wide range of pubs and restaurants, as well as
nightclubs, a sports centre and a leisure centre including
swimming pool.
For those who like walking, it
is possible to walk the route of the old Railway Line to Long
Melford, a village often used for the filming of BBC Series
'Lovejoy', and for this reason, the The Gainsborough was once
called 'The Lovejoy Line'
Bus Services to surrounding towns
and villages are provided by small independent operators,
to places like Halstead, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and Hadleigh
