Liston is a small, largely rural parish in the district of Braintree in Essex, sitting close to the county boundary with Suffolk and the pastoral corridors of the River Stour and Stour Valley. The landscape is typical of north‑west Essex: rolling arable fields, hedgerows and quiet lanes, with scattered farmsteads and a few clusters of older houses rather than a dense village centre.
Historically rooted in agriculture, the area retains a number of older buildings and a sense of long continuity, while economically many residents now commute to nearby market towns such as Sudbury and Braintree. Social life is modest and community‑focused, often linking into events and amenities in neighbouring settlements and the nearby wool towns like Long Melford, which attract most of the local visitor interest.
Postcode districts covering Liston
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 20.1 miles32.4 km
- Colchester 14.9 miles24 km
- Braintree 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Haverhill 11.2 miles18 km
- Witham 18.7 miles30.2 km
- Thetford 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Sudbury 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Maldon 23.4 miles37.7 km
- Stowmarket 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Newmarket 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Saffron Walden 19.3 miles31.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Foxearth Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Long Melford Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Borley Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Glemsford Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Sudbury North West Ward 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Pentlow Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Sudbury North East Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Cavendish Built-up area 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Acton Built-up area 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Stanstead Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Sudbury South West Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Sudbury South East Ward 3 miles4.8 km
Example postcodes in Liston
CO10 7HR, CO10 7HT, CO10 7HX, CO10 7FN, CO10 7HY, CO10 7HS
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 23.5 miles37.8 km
- London Southend Airport 34.7 miles55.8 km
- Sudbury Railway Station 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Castle Hedingham Railway Station 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Bus Station 2.9 miles4.6 km
Hotels near Liston Ad
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 1.1 miles1.8 km
- The Crown Inn Hotel 1 mile1.7 km
- Painters at the Angel 2.9 miles4.6 km
- The Mill Hotel 4 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The George and Dragon Inn 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa 4 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Sturmer Hall Hotel and Conference Centre 4 9.9 miles15.9 km
- The Dorrington 9.3 miles14.9 km
Local points of interest
- Ickworth House Estate 10.1 miles16.3 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Marks Hall Estate 12 miles19.2 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Cressing Road Stadium 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 15.6 miles25.1 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 16.6 miles26.8 km
- University of Essex University 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Berechurch Hall Estate 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 17.8 miles28.7 km