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The
county of Suffolk lies in the East of England and covers some 1500
square miles. It has borders
with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to
the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is
Ipswich and other important towns include
Lowestoft and
Bury St Edmunds.
Felixstowe is one of the
largest container ports in Europe.
The county is low-lying with few hills, and is largely wetland
habitat and arable land with the wetlands of The Broads in the
North, and the
Suffolk Coast and Heaths
is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Ipswich, is home to The Ipswich Transport Museum which boasts the
largest collection of transport items in Britain devoted to just one
town. Close to the centre of Ipswich you will find 'Christchurch
Mansion' an outstanding 16th century Manor house set in an historic
100 acre park, which first opened as a free museum in 1896.
Suffolk's other main towns include Felixstowe, a pretty seaside
resort, Lowestoft, a popular holiday destination and the most
easterly town in the United Kingdom and Newmarket, famous for its
Race Meetings.
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