Beccles Vape Shop Guide 2020

Mildenhall Vape Shack store in Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK

If you are looking for a vape shop in Beccles, Vape Shack is Suffolk’s leading vape store with many customers from the Beccles area.

We are a friendly local vape specialist with a wide selection of e-liquids and other products for vapers. Our Beccles customers benefit from our many years of knowledge in the e-cigarette industry, as well as a well-equipped vape testing centre and free local parking. 

Since our customers like to enjoy local days out we have put together this useful guide to visiting Beccles and exploring the local area.

About Beccles

Beccles is a charming market town located in beautiful Suffolk countryside. Beccles lies approximately 18 miles south-east of Norwich, with the popular Broads National Park nearby. Beccles enjoys an annual carnival, as well as an airport, football team, railway station and since 1933 a weekly newspaper (the Beccles and Bungay Journal).

Beccles History

Beccles was granted a Charter in 1854 by Queen Elizabeth I (who reigned as monarch of England between 1508-1603). In the next century many notable events took place in the history Beccles, including the founding of Beccles Town Football Club at the end of the First World War, a weekly newspaper in 1933, and notable transport links with a new rail loop in 2012 and the completion of the Southern Relief Road in 2018.

Timeline of Beccles

  • 956 – Beccles given to St. Edmund’s Church, Bury
  • 1586 – St Michael’s Church in Beccles damaged by fire
  • 1632 – Beccles-born Sir John Leman (former Mayor of London) dies
  • 1749 – Marriage in Beccles of Admiral Nelson’s mother, Catherine Suckling, to Reverend Edmund Nelson
  • 1854 – Beccles granted a Charter by Queen Elizabeth I
  • 1919 – Beccles Town Football Club established
  • 1933 – Beccles and Bungay Journal newspaper established
  • 1973 – Beccles Indoor Bowls Club formed
  • 1974 – Beccles merged into Waveney District
  • 1978 – Beccles twinned with Petit-Couronne (France)
  • 1981 – Beccles struck by F1/T3 tornado (largest in European history)
  • 2012 – Beccles rail loop completed
  • 2018 – Southern relief road for Beccles completed

Beccles Landmarks

The Beccles Bell Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in Beccles. The Bell Tower is part of Saint Michael’s Church and stands at nearly 100 feet tall. The Bell Tower can be seen from miles around Beccles.

Shopping in Beccles

Visitors to Beccles are spoilt for choice as this quaint Suffolk market town offers a plethora of shopping opportunities to suit all tastes and budgets, from high street brands to local independent backstreet delights.

Beccles Calendar 2020 & 2021

  • October 31, 2020 – Halloween in Beccles
  • November 5, 2020 – Bonfire Night in Beccles
  • December 24, 2020 – Christmas Eve in Beccles
  • December 31, 2020 – New Year’s Eve in Beccles
  • May 2021 – Beccles Cycle for Life (date TBA)

Sports Clubs in Beccles

Beccles offers a huge plethora of sports clubs and leisure activities to visitors, ranging from indoor bowls, fitness studio and tennis to triathlon, cycling, football, sailing and cricket.

Beccles Travel & Transport

Beccles is a very easy town to get to, not least because of its close proximity to the A146 road that connects Beccles with the city of Norwich to the north-west and the seaside town of Lowestoft to the east. Beccles is also close to the A143 road that serves travel between Great Yarmouth to the north-east and Bury St Edmunds to the south-west. A myriad of smaller roads offer driving routes between Beccles and other popular tourist coastal destinations such as Southwold, Walberswick and Covehithe, and inland destinations including Bungay, Harleston and Gillingham.

Beccles is also a scenic drive to our vape shop in Mildenhall, simply by taking the A145 northbound out of Beccles and turn left onto the A146 (Norwich Road) from Lowesoft towards Norwich. Bypassing Norwich itself (or stopping to take in a few sights) fork left onto the A47 (Norwich southern bypass) in the direction of Dereham, Swaffham and King’s Lynn. When you approach the Thickthorn interchange roundabout take the A11 (Hethersett bypass) southbound towards Wymondham (which you will pass on your right hand side). The A11 bypasses Attleborough becoming the A11 London Road, and continues for two further bypasses, at Thetford and Elveden, before you arrive at our vape shop in Mildenhall.

Beccles Hotels

Derby’s Loft is a holiday home within walking distance to the centre of Beccles, and it has the high rating of all accommodation in Beccles on Hotels.com. Other highly ranked hotels in Beccles include The Cabin, Swan Motel, Riverside House and Waveney House Hotel.

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