Each month, every 3rd Wednesday is Prize Bingo Night in Somersham - and all ages are welcome!
The next Village Hall Bingo Night is on Wednesday 21st October.
It costs £1:00 per book - and this includes free refreshments.
Remaining proceeds go towards Village Hall fundraising.
There’s plenty of parking space at the Village Hall - which is accessible - and it’s nice and warm inside, we look forward to seeing you!
Please see details of our Prize Bingo Nights in every issue of THE LINK NEWSLETTER
To advertise in The Link Newsletter please contact Steve Woolhouse on: steve.woolhouse@btinternet.com - the deadline is the FIRST OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

Our Youth Club will re-open after Easter 2027 - our Facebook has all the details. Are you new to the area? Please contact Sarah to find out more or pop along on a Thursday evening - new Youth Clubbers are very welcome!!!
We welcome new volunteers and look forward to hearing from YOU!! - please contact Sarah to find out more, thank you!
** PLEASE CHECK OUR FACEBOOK **
Thank you - Sarah Freeman, Youth Club coordinator - sfreeman26@sky.coShow & Tell - do you have a talent, skill, business or trade that you'd like to show the kids or to get the kids to interact with?? This would be amazing!!
https://www.facebook.com/somershamyouth/

A shop for Somersham and the surrounding villages, largely run by volunteers, please call us on 07424 955931. Our shop supplies daily essentials as well as useful ingredients, and quality goods from Suffolk and East Anglian food producers - many of whom are local, regional or national award-winners. Some producers deliver direct to us, so we all get to know each other!
Our shop is also a social & information hub, and is welcoming for volunteers and customers alike.
If you wish to order items, or simply want to pop to our shop when the products you’re after are available: please see below. Orders can be one-off or regular.
Somersham & District Community Shop - telephone: 07424 955931
ORDERS
Monday: eggs
Tuesday: bread and meat
Wednesday: milk, fruit & veg
Thursday: bread, and Shire Foods East Anglia (wholefoods etc)
Friday: bread
Saturday: Bookers (fortnightly, wholesale general stock)
Sunday: pies, milk, fruit & veg, and tomatoes - and cheese etc. (fortnightly)
DELIVERIES
Monday:
EARLY - Bread (Palmers), Milk and Fruit & Veg
12:30pm - Tomatoes (Suffolk Fresh)
Tuesday:
EARLY - Eggs (Gate Farm, Flowton)
11am - Bookers (wholesale general stock) - fortnightly
1:15pm - Pies: with meat, vegetable and sweet choices - plus sausage rolls, pork pies, quiches etc (Country Pies)
Wednesday:
EARLY - Bread (Palmers)
12:30pm - Cheese, Ham and Smoked Fish (Hamish Johnston Cheesemonger, Lane Farm Country Foods of Suffolk, and Pinney's of Orford) - fortnightly
Thursday:
EARLY - Milk and Fruit & Veg
AFTERNOON - Meat (beef, chicken, liver, pork and more) Bacon, Sausages - plus frozen Lasagne and frozen Cottage Pie (Oak House Farm, Sproughton)
Friday:
EARLY - Bread (Palmers)
AFTERNOON - Shire Foods East Anglia (wholefoods etc.) - fortnightly

*Smaller portion sizes, but just as yummy* - we offer a Seniors’ Set Menu every Friday from 12pm to 2:30pm, featuring 2 courses - including options such as beer-battered fish, gammon, sausage & mash, soup and desserts such as apple crumble and jam sponge.
The Duke of Marlborough is a 15th century community-owned village pub near Ipswich, in the pretty village of Somersham. Managed by husband and wife, Claire and Matt, who invite you to enjoy their warm welcome and the friendly atmosphere created by the wonderful team of staff and volunteers!
You can contact them by phone on 01473 831283 or email. You can also book a table online or walk-ins are welcome.
The Duke’s kitchen produces great value, hearty meals featuring many British pub classics - always see our SPECIALS BOARD for new dishes and Duke Favourites!! - and enjoy our wide range of drinks – in a building that has been welcoming people for nearly 500 years!
HAPPY HOURS - enjoy a range of selected drinks at a reduced price! - every week on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday: 5 – 6pm

Bus routes 111 and 111A serve Somersham, and the buses now have USB charging points for each passenger seat; so you can charge your mobile, tablet etc as your travel. Click here for the bus timetable - at SuffolkOnBoard, Suffolk County Council’s passenger transport and sustainable travel information service - including free travel pass information, SEND travel training, live bus & rail news, school travel, roadworks updates and much more.
Our village bus is operated by Mulleys Motorways (01359 230234) and sponsored by Suffolk County Council.
VILLAGE BUS STOPS: Main Road at the Duke of Marlborough, the bus shelter next to the playing field, and the lay-by opposite the turning to the Community Shop.
:: Discover your transport options and ways to travel:  https://www.suffolkonboard.com/ways-to-travel/
:: Suffolk bus and train network map:
https://www.suffolkonboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Suffolk-Network-Map.pdf
:: Rail network route map for East Anglia:
https://www.suffolkonboard.com/ways-to-travel/train/maps/