Loading ...Welcome to the BRAND NEW website for the residents of Felixstowe. We hope to bring together all the best elements of our great town from local businesses, schools, restaurants, activities, sports clubs, churches etc
Basically anything Felixstowe based will be found on this website. We will be asking you, the residents of Felixstowe, to get involved and will be encouraging interactivity on this site.
At the moment we have a blank canvas. We need YOUR help. If you have a small business, belong to a club or group, staging an event or have anything else to tell us then please use CONTACT links provided and send us your stuff.
About Felixstowe (taken from Wikipedia)
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town is situated across the estuary of the River Orwell and the River Stour from Harwich in Essex.
A village has stood on the site since long before the Norman Conquest. The early history of Felixstowe, including its Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and medieval defences, is told under the name of Walton, because the name Felixstowe was given retrospectively, during the 13th century, to a place which had already been important for well over a thousand years.
It continued as a linchpin in England’s defence, as proved when in 1667 Dutch soldiers landed near the Fludyers area and failed to capture Landguard Fort. The town only became a major port in 1886. In addition to shipping, tourism increased, and a pier was constructed in 1905 but is now unsafe. Indeed, during the late Victorian period (after circa 1880) it became a fashionable resort, a trend initiated by the opening of Felixstowe railway station, the pier, (see above) and a visit by the German imperial family. It remained so until the late 1930s.
Felixstowe is administered by Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Coastal District Council, and Felixstowe Town Council. Suffolk Coastal District Council, the local authority, is based in Woodbridge, although it has a part-time office in Felixstowe, which is open Mondays and Wednesdays. The local parish council, Felixstowe Town Council, is based in the town hall, on the seafront at Undercliff Road West.
Felixstowe is twinned with the German towns Wesel and Salzwedel.
Felixstowe lies within the Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency. The Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal was John Gummer from 1983 but he has stood down from this role to be replaced at the General Election on 6 May 2010 by Dr Therese Coffey.
Felixstowe businesses can add their business details to our directory by clicking HERE – please return the favour and link back to our site.
