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About this place
Framlingham Castle stands at the heart of the Suffolk market town that shares its name, built in the late twelfth century by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.
It is a curtain-wall castle with no central keep, relying instead on a curtain wall punctuated by thirteen mural towers.
Those towers survive largely intact and give the walls a distinctive, almost theatrical profile.
English Heritage manages the site.
Mary Tudor is said to have been at Framlingham in 1553 when she learned she had been proclaimed Queen of England.
Plan your visit
Open year-round; check the English Heritage website for seasonal hours and event dates.