Alpheton is a small village and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, in eastern England, set amid rolling arable farmland and quiet lanes a few miles from the better-known medieval market towns of Sudbury and Lavenham. Its rural setting gives a strong sense of the Suffolk landscape, with dispersed hamlets, hedged fields and scenic walking routes linking the parish to neighbouring communities.
The community has a traditionally agricultural flavour, now balanced by residents who commute to nearby towns, and the built environment reflects a long history of settlement with historic houses and a village church at its heart. Local life is quietly social, centred on village events, the village hall and informal networks rather than heavy commercial activity, making it typical of the county’s smaller, heritage-rich parishes.
Postcode districts covering Alpheton
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Colchester 16.8 miles27 km
- Braintree 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Haverhill 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Witham 22.4 miles36 km
- Thetford 20.5 miles32.9 km
- Sudbury 5.9 miles9.6 km
- Stowmarket 11.3 miles18.1 km
- Harwich 24.9 miles40.1 km
- Newmarket 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Saffron Walden 22.4 miles36 km
Neighbouring places
- Shimpling Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Lavenham Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Chadacre Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Stanstead Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Cockfield Parish 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Long Melford Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Lawshall Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Hartest Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Acton Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Brent Eleigh Parish 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Preston St. Mary Parish 3.7 miles6 km
- Glemsford Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Alpheton
CO10 9BT, CO10 9BS, CO10 9BW, CO10 9BP, CO10 9BN, CO10 9BU, CO10 9BL, CO10 9BG, CO10 9BH
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 27.3 miles43.9 km
- London Southend Airport 38 miles61.1 km
- Sudbury Railway Station 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Thurston Railway Station 9.3 miles15 km
- Bus Station 5.7 miles9.2 km
Hotels near Alpheton Ad
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 3.1 miles5 km
- The Crown Inn Hotel 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Painters at the Angel 5.9 miles9.4 km
- The Mill Hotel 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Angel Hotel 4 8.7 miles14.1 km
- Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa 4 9.7 miles15.7 km
- The George and Dragon Inn 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Dragonfly Hotel Bury St Edmunds 3 8.4 miles13.4 km
- Best Western Priory Hotel 3 9.9 miles15.9 km
Local points of interest
- Ickworth House Estate 7.9 miles12.7 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 13.4 miles21.6 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 14.1 miles22.6 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 15 miles24.1 km
- Marks Hall Estate 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Portman Road Stadium 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Suffolk College University 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Cressing Road Stadium 18.5 miles29.8 km