Grundisburgh is a beautiful country village, yet situated only 6 miles from the county town Ipswich, it has everything you would expect of an old country village, a village green with a river running through it spanned by two fords , a lovely church, village pub and an old school to name but a few.

A view looking across the village green towards the church, in the foreground is one of the two Fords, which cut through the green. I have even managed to get into this photograph!

The old school and school houses.

The church of St Mary's dates from around the 13th century, but the unusual brick tower was erected in the 18th century, it houses a peal of 12 bells one of only two 12 bell peal churches in Suffolk, the oldest bell was cast in 1628, the tower also has a sundial which is calibrated to show the time simultaneously in Grundisburgh, New York and Moscow.

The river, which runs through the village green, is a tributary of the river Lark.

At the other end of the village green another Ford crosses the river.

This lovely thatched cottage is aptly called "Thatched cottage"

The "Dog Inn" and the village store

At this point on the village green you can see the Grundisburgh village sign the church, war memorial and even one of the locals.

Some bodies in trouble, because when I walked past the gate it was OPEN!