About

Framlingham Sports Club was first formed in 1947. The ground was purchased in 1949 for £1000.

1951-54 - 6 acres either side of the entrance drive to the club was sold on for building at £100 per acre. The club were only allowed to develop 10 acres for sport and for 3 years had to farm the 6 acres growing barley and clover.

1954 - the first pavilion was built with very small changing rooms, and a new kitchen .

1961 - 2 hard tennis courts were built at the cost of £1207

1962 - the ground was drained and new football dressing rooms with showers and toilets were built; the sports club met the full cost of both projects.

1977 a third tennis court was developed

1979 - a bar was opened in the pavilion.

1983/84 the club purchased the old MIlls Grammar School grounds adjoining their property.

1987 - a new large extension and bar area was made to the pavilion. The main club house now holds up to 200 people for a disco etc or 110 people seated for a dinner.

2003 new dressing rooms and toilets built 5. A grant from the Football Foundation enabled this to take place and the £290,000 project was complete in 2005.

2013 tennis club erected a new pavilion by their courts and the club house, kitchen and "Syds" Place kitchen had a complete make over.

2025 The Sports Club became a charity Framlingham Sports and Community Foundation and the bar element was set up as a trading subsidiary The Clubhouse Framlingham Ltd

The Charity is run by a committee of trustees and is bound by the constitution which can be viewed via this link

The objects of the charity are:

To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Framlingham, Suffolk and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.

The trustees of the charity are: