Great Finborough

Great Finborough is a civil parish and rural village of 808 at the 2011 Census in Suffolk, England; about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Stowmarket and near one of the sources of the River Gipping. It has two schools, a pub and St Andrew's Church. The Bog Race is a key part of village life. It happens on Easter Monday every year. It is a battle between Haughley and Great Finborough. The race starts at the pub, The Chestnut Horse, where 15 or so men from Haughley and Great Finborough get considerably drunk and are taken to a nearby farm, Boyton Hall, where they have to race over the fields, about a mile, to get to the pub with the scroll. The first man at the pub with the scroll wins and is declared the winner over-all and then, that village has won for that year.

Links To Peel
Peel with Sheila moved to their cottage in Great Finborough in 1969 and affectionately called it Peel Acres. The couple during their time took part in social activities in the village, especially the Great Finborough International Airport, which was a youth club in the 1970's to give activities for young people to do.