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• Click here to see a map showing where Saxmundham is located.

Saxmundham enjoys good travel links having a railway station, bus station and being close to the A12 trunk road.

There are no taxi ranks in or near Saxmundham, but the following private hire services will provide a car to meet you at the station if they have one available.

A 2 B Cars 01728 633003 (based in Saxmundham)

Gull's: 01728 602344  (based in Saxmundham)

Hart Cars: 01728 602009 (based in Saxmundham)

HPS Cars: 01728 605738 (based in Saxmundham)

Miller's: 01728 603279  (based near Saxmundham)

Amber Cars: 01728 833621  (based in Leiston)

Henderson's: 01728 830101  (based in Leiston)

Oscars: 01728 830614  (based near Leiston)

Fram Cars: 01728 724799  (based in Framlingham)

 

Getting to Saxmundham by Train
Getting to Saxmundham by Bus
Getting to Saxmundham by Car
Other useful travel links

 

Getting to Saxmundham by Train

From London via Ipswich, or from Norwich via Lowestoft, One Railway (www.onerailway.com).

 

See also The Train Line (www.thetrainline.com) for viewing timetables, planning your journey, and booking tickets online.

 

Getting to Saxmundham by Bus

• Click here to view or download a map showing buses and pick up points in Saxmundham (PDF 104k). Produced by Suffolk CC.

MONDAY to SATURDAY

daytime (6:25am - 6:05pm)

From Ipswich: Old Cattle Market Bus Station, To Aldeburgh Fort Green calling at Saxmundham: High Street.
64 (First Eastern Counties, Tel: 08456 020121).

daytime (6:49am - 5:49pm)

From Aldeburgh: Fort Green, To Ipswich Old Cattle Market Bus Station calling at Saxmundham: High Street.
64 (First Eastern Counties, Tel: 08456 020121).

daytime (8:44am - 6:14pm)

From Southwold: Harbour, To Aldeburgh Fort Green calling at Saxmundham: High Street.
521 (Anglian Coaches, Tel: 01502 711109).

daytime (8:56am - 4:56pm)

From Aldeburgh: Fort Green, To Southwold Harbour calling at Saxmundham: High Street.
521 (Anglian Coaches, Tel: 01502 711109).

evening (8:50pm - 11:50pm)

From Ipswich: Rail Station, To Aldeburgh Fort Green calling at Saxmundham: Rail Station.
64, 65 (Country Travel, Tel: 01728 604347 / Gemini Travel, Tel: 01473 464721).

evening (7:10pm - 11:35pm)

From Aldeburgh: Fort Green, To Saxmundham: High Street.
521 (Gemini Travel, Tel: 01473 464721).

 

SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ONLY

From Ipswich: Rail Station, To Saxmundham: High Street.
164 (Gemini Travel, Tel: 01473 464721)

Details of other daily and weekly Bus services can be obtained from Traveline on 0870 6082608

CATS, Coastal Accessible Transport Service provides a 'Dial-a-Ride' service for anyone with impaired mobility in the Aldeburgh, Framlingham, Leiston and Saxmundham area. Tel: 01728 830516 to book and to register for this service.

 

Getting to Saxmundham by Car

From the south

From Ipswich follow the A12 north. 1.5 miles after Farnham, turn right onto the B1121 signposted Saxmundham. After 1.5 miles you have reached Saxmundham in South Entrance.

 

From the north

From Lowestoft follow the A12 south. 2 miles after Yoxford, turn left onto the B1121 signposted Saxmundham. After about 1.5 miles you have reached Saxmundham in North Entrance.

 

Other useful travel links

Traveline (www.traveline.org.uk), 8am - 8pm every day, for advice and information about travelling on public transport in Suffolk. Tel: 0870 608 2 608.

Traveline East Anglia (www.travelineeastanglia.co.uk) handy journey planner with timetables for trains, buses and coaches.

ESTA, East Suffolk Travellers Association (www.eastsuffolktravellers.org.uk), a rail users group that lobbys service providers on behalf of passengers and provides travel information.

 
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