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 miles
- Colchester 16.5 miles
- Braintree 22.7 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 10.9 miles
- Felixstowe 22 miles
- Haverhill 20.3 miles
- Thetford 20.7 miles
- Sudbury 9.8 miles
- Stowmarket 5.3 miles
- Harwich 20.2 miles
- Newmarket 22.6 miles
- Walton-on-the-Naze 24.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hitcham Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Wattisham Parish 1.1 miles
- North West Cosford Ward 1.2 miles
- Bildeston Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Kettlebaston Parish 2.2 miles
- Brettenham Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Nedging Tye Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Nedging-with-Naughton Parish 2.4 miles
- Battisford Tye Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Chelsworth Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Great Bricett Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Preston St. Mary Parish 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Hitcham
IP7 7LW, IP7 7PR, IP7 7LS, IP7 7QU, IP7 7LU, IP7 7LZ, IP7 7NW, IP7 7LY, IP7 7NA … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 33.2 miles
- London Southend Airport 39.7 miles
- Stowmarket Railway Station 5.7 miles
- Needham Market Railway Station 6.6 miles
- Bus Station 9.8 miles
Hotels near Hitcham Ad
- Hintlesham Hall Hotel 4 8 miles
- The Marquis 7.9 miles
- The Crown Stoke by Nayland 3 9.9 miles
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 8.6 miles
- Best Western Claydon Hotel 3 9 miles
- The Crown Inn Hotel 8.7 miles
- Limes Hotel 6.4 miles
- Painters at the Angel 10 miles
- The Mill Hotel 4 10 miles
- The George and Dragon Inn 8.8 miles
Local points of interest
- Portman Road Stadium 11.5 miles
- Suffolk College University 12.2 miles
- Ickworth House Estate 12.3 miles
- Shepherds Grove Forest 12.5 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 14.4 miles
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 14.6 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 15.5 miles
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 16.8 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 17.1 miles
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 17.5 miles
- University of Essex University 17.6 miles
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 18.4 miles