Mildenhall - Quite Market Town (Mildenhall Dog Track)

Member Name: hotrock4

Product:	Mildenhall Dog Track
Date:	14/06/09 (84 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very Quite - Small Population

Disadvantages: Can be boring

Hello just noticed i could wright a review on the small town i grew up in Mildenhall in Suffolk. The population is around the 12,000 mark. This town is situated between Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge being around half hour from each and around 15 minutes from the popular Horse Racing town of Newmarket.
Transport links here aren't great with just a bus station with a 45 minute bus journey to the nearest train station.

The River Lark is the river that runs through Mildenhall providing free fishing for residents in places and also many fishing clubs offering fishing permits at reasonable prices. The river and surrounding forests make ideal dog walking ground. The Mildenhall Museum is worth a visit showing local artifacts and riches, you would be lucky to kill more than an hour here though.

There is not a lot in the town centre here just the normal a small supermarket, bookmakers, and a handful of independant shops and cafes hairdressers etc. There is a small market held here regularly every friday selling veg and clothes and suchlike.

Mildenhall does have a Stadium where you can find events such as,
dog-racing, banger racing and speedway. However admission costs here can be a little on the steep side.

Mildenhall started life as an old market town which can be seen in the buildings and architecture surrounding the town centre. Nowadays it is better known for housing one of the bigget US Air Bases in the country.
Leased by the RAF to the americans Mildenhall is now more often called RAF Mildenhall.

The nightlife here is nothing to shout about with only around 5 pubs in the actual centre two of which provide a disco. There are also only a couple of hotels which aren't the cheapest, and again two of the pubs provide rooms.
However there are several privately run B&Bs.

Overall a quite town with not a lot to do for kids could easily see most of this town in one day.

Summary: Quite not a great deal to do or see