| Last updated 18-Jul-06 13:56:04 | Suffolk Punch Heavy Horse Museum | Woodbridge,
Suffolk. | | 01394 380643 | The Suffolk Horse Museum is an exhibition devoted to the Suffolk Punch breed of heavy working horse. The Museum displays the history of the breed and its Society, the work of the blacksmith and the harness maker, the world of shows and showing, the work the horses did and the life of the horsemen. The Society's remarkable collection of paintings are on show, plus a large number of exceptional and early photographs.
The museum is situated in an impressive Elizabethan building in the middle of Woodbridge, and is a fitting tribute to a breed of horse which touched on the lives of everyone living in the County of Suffolk before the days of the internal combustion engine. | Opening Hours Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 2.00pm - 5.00pm. Private parties welcome by arrangement. Admission: Adults £2.00 Concessionary: £1.50. Please note that the Museum will be closed for the day on Saturday 15th July 2006.
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| Fritton Lake Countryworld | Church Lane,
Fritton,
Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk,
NR31 9HA | | 01493 488288 | | Part of the 5000 acre Somerleyton Estate and set in Norfolk Broadland countryside. The heavy horses are housed in a renovated model farm built in 1870 and now open to the public since 1993. Heavy horse courses are available (novice and experienced welcome) and horses are taken for training over the winter months. The park also boasts an adventure playground, miniature railway, children's farm, boating, golf and woodland walks. Excellent facilities for disabled available including horsedrawn rides vehicle and specially built boat, both capable of carrying wheelchairs. | | Open daily 10am to 5.30pm from Sunday 28th March to Sunday 26th September, then weekends and half term week in October. |
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| The Shire Horse Centre & Carriage Museum | Lower Gryllis Farm,
Treskillard,
Redruth,
Cornwall,
TR16 6LA | | 01209 713606 | | Heavy horses are a major feature at this Museum, where there are ten Suffolks. Complete range of horsedrawn farm machinery, together with forty-two horsedrawn vehicles, including those from commerce (including the largest collection of horsedrawn omnibuses in the country), agriculture and pleasure, all under cover. Wheelwright's and blacksmith's shops; wagon rides. | | Open Monday to Friday Good Friday until the end of October 10.00am to 5.00pm |
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| Museum of East Anglian Life | Stowmarket,
Suffolk | | 01449 612229 | | Open air museum on attractive riverside site with reconstructed buildings, traction engines and displays of agriculture, crafts, social life and industry in East Anglia. Working Suffolk horses. | Open March 28th March to 31st October Mon-Sat 10am to 5pm. Sundays 11am to 5pm.
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| Easton Farm Park | Easton,
nr Wickham Market,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk,
IP13 OEQ | | 01728 746475 | | Established in the very attractively refurbished Home Farm, once the property of the Duke of Hamilton. Suffolk horses and lots of other farm animals. Museum collections of agricultural tools, implements, and vehicles. Outdoor adventure play area and indoor soft playbarn.Tearoom and gift shop. Monthly Farmers' Markets. | | Open daily from 20th March to 26th September 10.30am to 6.00pm. |
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