Wattisham is a small, rural community in Babergh, Suffolk, England, set among rolling arable fields, hedgerows and quiet lanes. The settlement is scattered around farms and cottages with a small medieval parish church and the open skies and countryside that typify south‑eastern Suffolk, while larger towns and the county town, Ipswich, are within easy reach.
The parish is best known for Wattisham Airfield (formerly RAF Wattisham), a long‑running military aerodrome whose wartime and Cold War history and current Army Air Corps use give the area a distinctive character and local employment. The result is an unusual mix of tranquil farming community life, local wildlife interest and living military heritage that shapes social and economic life in the parish.
Postcode districts covering Wattisham
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Colchester 16.4 miles26.3 km
- Braintree 23.2 miles37.3 km
- Clacton-on-Sea 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 11.8 miles19 km
- Felixstowe 21 miles33.7 km
- Haverhill 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Thetford 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Sudbury 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Stowmarket 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Harwich 19.2 miles30.9 km
- Newmarket 23.7 miles38.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Hitcham Built-up area 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Nedging Tye Built-up area 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Bildeston Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Great Bricett Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Nedging-with-Naughton Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Battisford Tye Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Ringshall Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- North West Cosford Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Little Finborough Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Battisford Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Chelsworth Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Battisford & Ringshall Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
Example postcodes in Wattisham
IP7 7LA, IP7 7JY, IP7 7JX, IP7 7JU, IP7 7JZ, IP7 7LB, IP7 7JS, IP7 7JT, IP7 7LD
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 34 miles54.7 km
- London Southend Airport 39.7 miles63.9 km
- Stowmarket Railway Station 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Needham Market Railway Station 5.6 miles9 km
Hotels near Wattisham Ad
- Hintlesham Hall Hotel 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Marquis 7.3 miles11.7 km
- The Crown Stoke by Nayland 3 9.7 miles15.7 km
- Best Western Claydon Hotel 3 7.9 miles12.6 km
- Limes Hotel 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa 4 9.4 miles15.1 km
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 9.5 miles15.3 km
- The Crown Inn Hotel 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Holiday Inn Ipswich 4 9.8 miles15.7 km
- Best Western Ipswich Hotel & Spa 4 9.4 miles15.1 km
Local points of interest
- Portman Road Stadium 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Suffolk College University 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Ickworth House Estate 13.3 miles21.5 km
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 14.2 miles22.8 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 16.9 miles27.2 km
- University of Essex University 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Sutton Hoo Archaeological site 17.6 miles28.3 km