Culture and community thumb|right|Boats mored at Somerleyton Marina on the River Waveney. Somerleyton has a primary school, built as part of the development of the model village, a village hall and playing field as well as a public house, the Dukes Head.Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2021.Somerleyton, Suffolk Pubs, Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 13 March 2021.Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan, Lound Parish Council, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2021. The Somerleyton Estate remains a major landowner throughout the surrounding area. Many of the houses in the village are listed buildings and development is restricted to preserve the period style of the village.Waveney Local Plan, Waveney District Council, adopted 2019, published by East Suffolk District Council, 2019, pp.155–159. Retrieved 10 February 2020.Somerleyton Conservation Area: Character Appraisal, Waveney District Council, 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
Culture and community thumb|right|Boats mored at Somerleyton Marina on the River Waveney Somerleyton has a primary school, built as part of the development of the model village, a village hall and playing field as well ,as a public house, the Dukes Head.Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2021.Somerleyton, Suffolk Pubs, Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 13 March 2021.Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan, Lound Parish Council 2018 Retrieved 14 March 2021. The Somerleyton Estate remains a major landowner throughout the surrounding area. Many of the houses in the village are listed buildings and development is restricted to. preserve the period style of the village.Waveney Local Plan, Waveney D.istrict Council, adopted 2019, published by East Suffolk District Council, 2019, pp.155–159. Retrieved 10 February 2020.Somerleyton Conservation Area: Character Appraisal, Waveney District Council, 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.