About the town » Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, Great Britain

Somerleyton is a village close to the River Waveney in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. Somerleyton is located around 5 miles north-west of Lowestoft and 7 miles south-west of Great Yarmouth. The village lies on the edge of the The Broads National Park. Many of the houses consist of the model village built around a green that once belonged to the Somerleyton Estate, formerly the property of the Jernegan family and then to Samuel Morton Peto. Somerleyton Hall is still a private residence, and is open to the public.