Great Waldingfield is a small village and civil parish in the district of Babergh in rural Suffolk, England, lying a few miles north of the market town of Sudbury. It occupies the rolling arable landscape typical of south Suffolk, with hedgerows, small copses and a compact village core whose lane pattern and older houses hint at medieval origins and historic ties to the county’s farming and wool-producing past.
Today the community is fairly close-knit, with a parish church, village hall and local groups that keep an active social calendar; many residents work in agriculture or commute to nearby towns. Architecturally the place is notable for timber-framed cottages and other older buildings that give the village a strong sense of history while it continues to adapt to modern rural life.
Postcode districts covering Great Waldingfield
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Colchester 13 miles20.9 km
- Braintree 16.4 miles26.3 km
- Clacton-on-Sea 24.2 miles39 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Felixstowe 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Haverhill 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Witham 19.6 miles31.5 km
- Thetford 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Sudbury 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Maldon 23.7 miles38.1 km
- Stowmarket 11.7 miles18.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Little Waldingfield Built-up area 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Great Waldingfield Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- Acton Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Chilton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Milden Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Brent Eleigh Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Lavenham Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Box Vale Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Sudbury North East Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Newton Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Edwardstone Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Sudbury South East Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
Example postcodes in Great Waldingfield
CO10 0XX, CO10 0RR, CO10 0RL, CO10 0TU, CO10 0TN, CO10 0SF, CO10 0UF, CO10 0RX, CO10 0TX … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 26.9 miles43.3 km
- London Southend Airport 34.8 miles56 km
- Sudbury Railway Station 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Bures Railway Station 7 miles11.2 km
- Bus Station 3.4 miles5.5 km
Hotels near Great Waldingfield Ad
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 3.1 miles5 km
- The Crown Stoke by Nayland 3 7.3 miles11.7 km
- The Crown Inn Hotel 3.1 miles5 km
- Painters at the Angel 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa 4 6 miles9.6 km
- The Mill Hotel 4 3.6 miles5.8 km
- The Marquis 8.2 miles13.2 km
- The George and Dragon Inn 3.2 miles5.1 km
Schools in Great Waldingfield
- Great Waldingfield C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 11.2 miles18 km
- Ickworth House Estate 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Marks Hall Estate 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 13.7 miles22 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 14.7 miles23.6 km
- University of Essex University 14.9 miles24 km
- Portman Road Stadium 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Suffolk College University 15.9 miles25.5 km
- Berechurch Hall Estate 16 miles25.7 km
- Cressing Road Stadium 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 17.2 miles27.7 km