Hitcham is a small rural village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, tucked into rolling arable countryside typical of south Suffolk. The settlement retains a quiet village character with narrow lanes, scattered farms and hedgerows, popular with walkers and those who enjoy peaceful country views; it sits within easy reach of historic wool towns such as Lavenham and Long Melford, and not far from Hadleigh.
Historically agricultural, Hitcham has a number of older cottages and a parish church that reflect medieval and later rural development; several listed buildings and farmhouses hint at its long continuity as a farming community. Today the economy mixes working farms with locals who commute to nearby towns, while village life centres on community events, the village hall and countryside pursuits, maintaining a quiet but engaged social character.
Postcode districts covering Hitcham
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Colchester 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Braintree 22.7 miles36.5 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Felixstowe 22 miles35.4 km
- Haverhill 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Thetford 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Sudbury 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Stowmarket 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Harwich 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Newmarket 22.6 miles36.3 km
- Walton-on-the-Naze 24.7 miles39.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Hitcham Built-up area 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Wattisham Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- North West Cosford Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Bildeston Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Kettlebaston Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Brettenham Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Nedging Tye Built-up area 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Nedging-with-Naughton Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Battisford Tye Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Chelsworth Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Great Bricett Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Preston St. Mary Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
Example postcodes in Hitcham
IP7 7LL, IP7 7NN, IP7 7PT, IP7 7LN, IP7 7PU, IP7 7PZ, IP7 7NL, IP7 7NA, IP7 7NP … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 33.2 miles53.4 km
- London Southend Airport 39.7 miles63.9 km
- Stowmarket Railway Station 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Needham Market Railway Station 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Bus Station 9.8 miles15.7 km
Hotels near Hitcham Ad
- Hintlesham Hall Hotel 4 8 miles12.9 km
- The Marquis 7.9 miles12.7 km
- The Crown Stoke by Nayland 3 9.9 miles16 km
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Best Western Claydon Hotel 3 9 miles14.4 km
- Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa 4 9.4 miles15.1 km
- The Crown Inn Hotel 8.7 miles14 km
- Limes Hotel 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Painters at the Angel 10 miles16.1 km
- The Mill Hotel 4 10 miles16.1 km
Local points of interest
- Portman Road Stadium 11.5 miles18.6 km
- Suffolk College University 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Ickworth House Estate 12.3 miles19.7 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 14.6 miles23.5 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 15.5 miles24.9 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 16.8 miles27 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 17.5 miles28.2 km
- University of Essex University 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 18.4 miles29.6 km