Benhall Green

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Benhall Green
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52°11′57″N1°29′10″E / 52.199175°N 1.486123°E / 52.199175; 1.486123 Coordinates: 52°11′57″N1°29′10″E / 52.199175°N 1.486123°E / 52.199175; 1.486123

Benhall Green is a village in Suffolk, England. Benhall Green has a ford over the Fromus - which can be treacherous during heavy rains - and several protected wildlife sites, including the Wadd. The village also has a St Mary's Benhall Primary school, rated excellent by Ofsted [ permanent dead link ], a new wooden play area, swings and slides, a phone box, and a noticeboard. There is a small farm shop on the A12 just outside the village, the Railway Farm Shop. In the village is a cottage built in 1698 with distinctive pargeting.

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Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Felixstowe, one of the largest container ports in Europe.

Ofsted United Kingdom government non-ministerial department

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Flower Show

Each year in August, the village holds the Annual Memorial Flower Show. This event is widely supported and includes a produce show and a number of categories that children can enter. The show begins with a colourful procession through the village.

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