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Fancy a dip? We look at why people are choosing swimming ponds over the traditional garden pool

Posted: July 18, 2017 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Norfolk, Swimming Pool

Swimming ponds immerse you in a natural world, and offer an alternative to the more industrially made garden pool. It’s easy to see the appeal of swimming ponds. Floating around in crystal clear water, surrounded by reeds and lilies, with dragonflies hovering overhead, you are at one with nature. Such a natural setting makes taking […]

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Master of the keys: An interview with Rick Wakeman

Posted: July 10, 2017 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Bury St Edmunds, Music, Suffolk

Keyboard player, songwriter and broadcaster, Rick Wakeman, recently made chart history when his ‘Piano Portraits’ album became the first solo piano album to enter the UK’s Top 10. We caught up with Wakeman when he performed at the Bury Festival at the end of May. Would you say you have been a workaholic? The entertainment […]

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East Anglia in film

Posted: July 2, 2017 • Posted in: Just for fun, Local Interest • Tagged: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk

Made up of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, East Anglia is a most beautiful part of the country. Tucked away to the east, its flat, green spaces roll on for miles. Given its beauty, it’s not surprising that so many films and TV shows have been shot here over the years. From […]

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How are water towers built, and why do we need them?

Posted: June 21, 2017 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Bradfield St Clare, East Anglia, Gazeley, Ipswich, Stowmarket, Suffolk

There are two kinds of landmark that stand vigil over our county landscape – church towers and water towers. However, while many church towers are centuries old, their water equivalents date from the 20th century. Because the landscape is either flat or gently undulating, they are visible for miles in all directions around them. From […]

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Learn about joining the Bury St Edmunds farmers club

Posted: October 19, 2016 • Posted in: Local Interest

The Farmers Club is a members club situated in the very heart of Bury St Edmunds. Set within a fine period building, it comprises a business centre, bar and restaurant, a hugely historical lower lounge, private country gardens, summer terrace and secure car park. Nowadays you definitely do not have to be a farmer to […]

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Britain’s five most beautiful holiday spots

Posted: September 7, 2016 • Posted in: Just for fun, Local Interest

With questions being raised about what our exit from the EU could mean for Britain to England’s diabolical result in the Euros it has been a week of ups and downs for the whole nation. Whether Brexit will make ‘Britain Great Again’ is one which has and will be debated endlessly along with who to […]

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Fine Wines from East Anglia

Posted: May 31, 2016 • Posted in: Local Interest

Our terrroir and climate are particularly favourable for vines. Bacchus is widely grown as it prefers a drier climate and most recently growers have been planting Pinot Noir. Bacchus and Madeleine Angevine are becoming our signature English vine varieties producing distinctive East Anglian flavours. Other successful wine varieties include Chardonnay, Reichensteiner, Huxelrebe, Shonburger, Seyval, Faber, […]

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Suffolk named in top 10 best places to live in England

Posted: January 10, 2016 • Posted in: Local Interest

Comparison platform B.heard works on a Dependability Index, which is based on a wealth of data points from a variety of regulatory sources and includes crime rates, schools, fire services, planning and health. The remaining regions making up the top 10 include Dorset, North Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Surrey, Cheshire, Northumbria, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Cumbria. The unique […]

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Category: Local Interest

Fancy a dip? We look at why people are choosing swimming ponds over the traditional garden pool

Master of the keys: An interview with Rick Wakeman

East Anglia in film

How are water towers built, and why do we need them?

Learn about joining the Bury St Edmunds farmers club

Britain’s five most beautiful holiday spots

Fine Wines from East Anglia

Suffolk named in top 10 best places to live in England

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