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 miles
- Colchester 13 miles
- Braintree 16.4 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea 24.2 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 12.5 miles
- Felixstowe 24.6 miles
- Haverhill 15.2 miles
- Witham 19.6 miles
- Thetford 23.9 miles
- Sudbury 3.4 miles
- Maldon 23.7 miles
- Stowmarket 11.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Little Waldingfield Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Great Waldingfield Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Acton Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Chilton Parish 2.1 miles
- Milden Parish 2.5 miles
- Brent Eleigh Parish 2.5 miles
- Lavenham Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Box Vale Ward 2.6 miles
- Sudbury North East Ward 2.7 miles
- Newton Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Edwardstone Parish 2.8 miles
- Sudbury South East Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Great Waldingfield
CO10 0TZ, CO10 0WP, CO10 0XX, CO10 0RU, CO10 0FH, CO10 0RN, CO10 0RP, CO10 0SE, CO10 0RL … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 26.9 miles
- London Southend Airport 34.8 miles
- Sudbury Railway Station 3.4 miles
- Bures Railway Station 7 miles
- Bus Station 3.4 miles
Hotels near Great Waldingfield Ad
- Swan Hotel & Spa 4 2.5 miles
- The Crown Hotel 4 3.2 miles
- The Mill Hotel 3 3.3 miles
- Bull Hotel 3 3.1 miles
- The George and Dragon Inn 3.2 miles
- Long Melford Swan 3.1 miles
- Georgina 2.6 miles
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford 3 3.1 miles
- The Black Lion, Long Melford 5 3.2 miles
- Stoke By Nayland Golf & Spa Hotel 4 6 miles
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 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 11.2 miles
- Ickworth House Estate 11.7 miles
- Marks Hall Estate 12.7 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 13.7 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 14.7 miles
- University of Essex University 14.9 miles
- Portman Road Stadium 15.1 miles
- Suffolk College University 15.9 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 16 miles
- Cressing Road Stadium 16.4 miles
- Shepherds Grove Forest 17.2 miles