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Town and church are world famous for their beauty and that there is a breathing space of countryside beyond the church adds to the pleasure of the setting. Photo credit: John Fielding CC-BY 2.0

The present church was built in 1857 to 58 and only a single buttress and short stretch of wall are left from its medieval predecessor (some fifty or so yards to the southwest).

St Peter's has recently been remodelled which gives better access to the community.

Built for less than £10, 000, this Grade II* listed building by Nugent Cachemaille-Day has sensational stained glass by Christopher Webb of heavenly hosts .

Here the church goes with the house, or rather tower, for the outstanding feature of Layer Marney Tower is the huge brick gatehouse built by Sir Henry Marney, who became the first Lord Marney.

A 14th century flint church, with a rare red brick tower, one of only two in Suffolk.

St Helen's dates from 12th century, with the north aisle added in 1380, between the choir and the north aisle is a mediaeval tomb to Sir Roger Trehampton, one of the Knights Templar.

The ramblers church.

A beautifully light open and simple Norman church recorded as being part of an endowment in 1090.

St Ives is an early work (1868) by prolific architect Charles Hodgson Fowler, and its style is the plain 19th century reinterpretation of medieval Early English.

With its stunning gothic style architecture, the eminent art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described All Saints as 'a church as out of the ordinary for scale as for style'.