Snape, Suffolk Snape, Suffolk Snape is a small village in the English county of Suffolk, on the River Alde close to Aldeburgh. It has about 600 inhabitants, measured at 611 at the 2011 Census. Snape is now best known for Snape Maltings, no longer in commercial use, but converted into a tourist centre together with a concert hall that hosts the major part of the annual Aldeburgh Festival. In Anglo-Saxon England, Snape was the site of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial. J. K. Rowling named the character of Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" books after the village. There has been human habitation
Catton Hall been seen at Chatsworth House and more recently and more like Calke Abbey. The building is nine bays wide and three storeys high. Behind the Hall is an 1892 constructed chapel which has a Norman Font (possibly from when the village was mentioned in Domesday). The Hall is now available for private functions and horse trials. Since 2005, Catton Hall grounds have been home to Bloodstock Open Air heavy metal festival. From 2014 Bearded Theory Festival, also have made Catton Park their home. Catton Hall has also hosted the Festival of Fireworks since 2007, it is held on the first