Freston Tower

Freston Tower is a six-storey red brick folly south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the village of Freston. It stands on the banks of the River Orwell.

Photo: Jsc83, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Boot Inn and Pipers Vale.

The Boot Inn

Pub

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Boot Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,400 feet west of Freston Tower.

Pipers Vale is a 19.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council. Pipers Vale is situated 1¼ miles north of Freston Tower.

Church of St Michael

Church

Photo: Tim Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Michael is situated 1 mile southeast of Freston Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freston and Woolverstone.

Freston

Hamlet

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freston is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001, the parish had a population of 122, reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census.

Woolverstone

Village

Photo: Tim Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woolverstone is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley peninsula. It is situated about 6.4 km south of Ipswich, near the southern shore of the River Orwell.

Wherstead

Village

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wherstead is a village and a civil parish located in the county of Suffolk, England. Wherstead village lies 3 miles south of Ipswich on the Shotley peninsula. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.

Freston Tower

Type: Tower
Description: folly tower in Freston, Babergh, England, UK
Categories: folly tower, folly, and building
Location: Freston, Babergh District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.01266° or 52° 0′ 46″ north

Longitude

1.17234° or 1° 10′ 20″ east

Operator

Landmark Trust

Open location code

9F43257C+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 186641097

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

Wikidata ID

Q5503214

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