Framlingham Castle is located in Suffolk, northeast of London.
The English Heritage site provides an excellent aerial overview of the castle:
Postcard from Framlingham Castle, Suffolk
The Tudor Travel Guide provides an excellent history of the castle as well as a reconstruction of how the castle looked in the 16th century:
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk: A Tudor Stronghold
In WWII there was an important RAF air base near Framlingham and the castle provided an invaluable navigation point for returning aircraft.
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| Flying Fortresses of the 95th Bomb Group pass over Framlingham on their return from a mission. Picture: Horham 95th Bomb Group Heritage Association. Colour by colouriser.co.uk |
The 95th Bomb Group (pictured above) arrived in England in the spring of 1943 and stayed briefly in Framlingham. They entered combat on 13 May 1943 by attacking an airfield at Saint-Omer. After suffering disastrous losses in its daylight air attacks on the Continent, the 95th was transferred to nearby RAF Horham on 15 June to regroup.
The Memorials Foundation provides an excellent website about...
The East Anglian Daily Times provides a fascinating article on WWII in Framlingham:
Framlingham Castle was used by the British military as part of the regional defenses against a potential German invasion.
We begin our trek by entering the castle through the main gate:
Or we can walk the picturesque trail around the outer walls:
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