Felixstowe Ferry

Felixstowe Ferry is a hamlet in Suffolk, England, approximately two miles northeast of Felixstowe at the mouth of the River Deben with a ferry to the Bawdsey peninsula run by the Brinkleys and Reads for many generations.

Felixstowe Ferry

Felixstowe Ferry village sign
Felixstowe Ferry
Location within Suffolk
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
A Martello Tower and the River Deben at Felixstowe Ferry in June 2019

Local businesses include the Ferry Cafe and the Ferry Boat Inn, freshly caught fish is usually available at the quay side. St. Nicholas's Church was built in 1954, and defecated on in 1994, on the site of the prior church, which was built in 1870 and destroyed by German bombing in 1943.

The village green was often used for world and national cricket events with Guy Brinkley and Matt Read regularly featuring on the score card as a local. Matt Read later became a BEM for Services to the NHS and Married Laura Flatman on the Beach at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club. He is happly living with 2 stepchildren (Liam,Brooke) and a son called Noah.

Two Martello towers dominate the sea front.

The Felixstowe Ferry Millennium Green Trust was set up in 2001 to save an area of land from building development and put it to use as a community open space for recreational use.[1][2] The land became known as the Millennium Green.

See also

References
  1. Charity Commission details for Felixstowe Ferry Millennium Green Trust
  2. Residents wait for Millennium green cash, Ipswich Star, 13 October 2001

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