Places to see in ( Halesworth - UK )
Places to see in ( Halesworth - UK )
Halesworth is a small market town and electoral ward, in the northeastern corner of Suffolk, England. The population was measured at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It is located 15 miles (24 km) south west of Lowestoft, and stands on a small tributary of the River Blyth, 9 miles (14 km) upstream from Southwold. The town is served by Halesworth railway station on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Halesworth is twinned with both Bouchain in France and Eitorf in Germany.
A Roman settlement, Halesworth has a medieval church; St Mary's with Victorian additions and a variety of houses, from early timber-framed buildings to the remnants of Victorian prosperity. Former almshouses used to house the Halesworth & District Museum (open from May to September) but this has now been moved to Halesworth railway station. The Town Trail walk provides opportunity to discover the history of Halesworth.
Halesworth is primarily centred on a pedestrianised shopping street known as the Thoroughfare. Each year the Thoroughfare hosts a popular food, drink and craft fair, termed the Thoroughfair, to raise money for good causes. Halesworth is the home to the New Cut Arts Centre, which hosts the acclaimed annual Halesworth Arts Festival.
Halesworth has the largest Millennium Green in the UK with around 44 acres (18 ha) of grazing marsh providing a haven for wildlife close to the town centre. The rivers in this area are home to herons, kingfishers and otters. Nearby villages include Cratfield, Wissett, Chediston, Walpole, Blyford, Linstead Parva, Wenhaston, Thorington, Spexhall and Bramfield. The village of Holton is 1-mile (1.6 km) away with a large open space for walking called Holton Pits.
Halesworth railway station is connected to Ipswich and Lowestoft. It is the best unstaffed railway station for 2004 and 2005. Services are available to Lowestoft and Ipswich and are run by Abellio Greater Anglia. There has probably been a church on the site of St Mary's, since Saxon times. Halesworth is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 recording Ulf the priest to be in charge of the parish.
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Halesworth Millenium Green - dawn breaks
Dawn breaks and the dawn chorus wakes in the lovely Halesworth Millennium Green. Film lasts approx. 7 minutes.
(Shot and edited by Robert Le Rougetel)
Cycle Ride Holton to Halesworth
From the the Mells 'Back Road' and along the new Millennium Green Cycle path to Halesworth Thoroughfare. YouTube has tried to fix the shaky bits.
Halesworth to Wenhaston
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Cycle ride between Holton and Wenhaston
mucking about with a digital camera on the handlebars while riding a back road between two villages in Suffolk on a sunny spring afternoon.
HinB planting bulbs
Edgar Sewter pupils planting daffodils, Wissett Rd Halesworth
Chelmsford Ladies : Halesworth Day of Dance 2015
An excellent side with the (my) band of the day. North West English Clog Morris.
Halesworth in Bloom: Prelude
Introduction to Halesworth in Bloom website, halesworthinbloom.com -expected to be online at end November 2012. Music written by Matthew Sheeran.
Halesworth Social Club Karaoke 9 Nov 2013
Some Christmas Plays By Paul Richards (audience recording, Halesworth, 14/12/13)
Audience recording of Paul's 2013 Christmas show, Some Christmas Plays By Paul Richards. Recorded at Tilly's of Halesworth, Suffolk.
Raw Element - Beatboxing backstage @ Symmetry festival 2014
Short clip of a bit of Beatboxing behind the Safire stage late Friday night