Freckenham is a small village with some 150 houses in the parish, most within the village, and with 280 names on the electoral roll. The total area of the parish is 846 hectares - 2,090 acres. The western and southern boundaries of the parish form the Suffolk border with Cambridgeshire.

Unfortunately like many smaller communities the shop, post office and garage have all closed down over the last 20 years or so - the garage being the last to survive.

The village still has a public house - THE GOLDEN BOAR INN - which has a restaurant (winner of the "First for Fine Dining" Award in 2010) and rooms to let (two single and four twin).  For further information visit the GOLDEN BOAR INN website (external link).

There is a modern village hall which is suitable for a variety of functions - see the Village Hall page.

The village is surrounded by fairly light, but fertile, arable land mostly farmed by four farmers, three being Suffolk County Council smallholding tenants.

A portion of the village is a Conservation Area; this starts round the Grade II* Listed Church , along Church Street to Pound Corner (site of the village pound in years gone by), partway along The Street to include the Golden Boar [Grade II Listed] and along North Street.

Near the church is a mound surrounded by a deep entrenchment, supposed to be the site of an ancient fortification reputedly attributed to Queen Boudica.

The Lee Brook, a tributary of the River Lark, flows through the village and it forms two sides to the Recreation Ground, which is maintained by the Parish Council. Within the Recreation Ground there is a fenced off play area with a slide, seesaw, spring horse and swings.