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When buying or selling a home through a local estate agent, first impressions count. Do you get the right ‘gut’ feeling? It’s all about trust really. Without knowing someone personally, would you trust them to be fair and efficient? That’s an issue we are trying to resolve here at Hadleigh Property. We will endeavor to give you more personal information on the estate agents featured so you can make the best decisions when choosing them. Whether you are purchasing or selling a home in the historic Suffolk market town of Hadleigh or the surrounding villages of Kersey, Polstead, Layham, Whatfield, Elmsett, Chelsworth and Bildeston, we are here to help you choose the right local people who have exclusive local knowledge of the local housing markets; people you can trust.
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With a population of about 10,000 Hadleigh is growing with both new developments around the perimeter of the town and existing brown-field sites internally. But that doesn’t mean it’s losing its character. Because of well protected listed buildings and conservation areas, Hadleigh remains an historic market town that crosses the generational divide. When it comes to shopping, the High Street offers everything from a popular local weekly market to Homeware, clothing, pet food, Post office, Newsagent and Jewellery. And for those who like to get everything in a single shop, there are a couple of supermarkets on the edge of town too.
Hadleigh itself has a High School and three Primary Schools and some of the surrounding villages of Kersey, Whatfield, Elmsett, Chelsworth, Bildeston and Hintlesham also boast thriving Primary Schools.
There are numerous local sports clubs, gyms and swimming pools for leisure activities as well as some of the most beautiful rolling Suffolk countryside running next to the river Brett.
Hadleigh is surrounded by agriculture and as such has a fabulous historic annual Town show at Holbecks Park in May as well as numerous associations and leisure events. Additionally, there is a concealed industrial estate on the Northern edge of town containing local and national businesses that could offer local employment.
Other scenic towns for property in the South East area of Suffolk are Southwold, Aldeburgh, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham. If you don’t mind the idea of rural Essex as a possibility, just a couple of miles over the boarder you’ll find the towns of Dedham and Manningtree.
Hadleigh History
The history of Hadleigh has been hotly debated over many years and a few stand-out claims make for interesting reading:
- The Vikings were here! King Guthrum to be exact. Apparently, he's buried in the Church grounds and has Guthrum Road, just off George Street, named after him.
- The site of the last man to be burnt at the stake, the said heretic - then Martyred, Joshua Rowland Taylor is on Aldham Common, just off the by-pass roundabout at the top of Lady Lane.
- Hadleigh gained its true wealth as the centre of the East Anglian wool trade in the Middle Ages.
- In 1252 King Henry III granted a weekly market and it still runs today. Where? In the Market Place!
- The revolutionist Wat (Walter) Tyler is said to have worked in Hadleigh before setting off to London and starting the 'Peasants Revolt' in 1381.
- There are 246 listed buildings and the oldest listed bridge still in use (14th C) in Suffolk.
- The annual Hadleigh Agricultural Show or 'May Show' has been going since 1840.
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Other local areas to look for property are Lavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Woodbridge, Framingham, Felixstowe, Aldeburgh, Southwold, Dedham and Manningtree.
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