Wherstead is a small riverside parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, sitting on the south bank of the River Orwell just downstream of Ipswich. The landscape is gently sloping farmland and woodland with a compact village focus, a historic parish church and a low, dispersed population that gives the place a distinctly rural feel.
Notable local features include Wherstead Park, a Regency country house and estate now used for events, while proximity to the Orwell Bridge and the A14 provides quick road links to Ipswich and the east coast. Economically the area remains rooted in agriculture and small local businesses, with many residents commuting into the town and the port areas, and a quiet, community-minded social life shaped by the riverside setting and historic buildings.
Postcode districts covering Wherstead
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 2.5 miles
- Colchester 14 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea 15.2 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 23.5 miles
- Felixstowe 9.4 miles
- Sudbury 17.3 miles
- Stowmarket 13 miles
- Harwich 7.6 miles
- Walton-on-the-Naze 12.8 miles
- Frinton-on-Sea 13.7 miles
- Halstead 22 miles
- Woodbridge 8.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Freston Parish 1.3 miles
- Stoke Park Ward 1.3 miles
- Orwell Ward 1.4 miles
- Bridge Ward 1.6 miles
- Pinewood Parish 1.6 miles
- Gainsborough Ward 1.7 miles
- Belstead Parish 1.7 miles
- Sprites Ward 1.8 miles
- Holywells Ward 2.2 miles
- Gipping Ward 2.3 miles
- Tattingstone Parish 2.5 miles
- Ipswich Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Wherstead
IP2 8NG, IP9 2WG, IP2 8NN, IP9 2AY, IP9 2AZ, IP9 2AG, IP9 2AT, IP9 2AE, IP9 2BD … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 36.5 miles
- Stansted Airport 39.8 miles
- Ipswich Railway Station 2 miles
- Derby Road Railway Station 2.7 miles
Hotels near Wherstead Ad
- Muthu Belstead Brook Hotel 4 1.2 miles
- Salthouse Harbour Hotel and Spa 4 2.3 miles
- The Railway 5 4.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Ipswich Orwell 3 2.9 miles
- Premier Inn Ipswich South 3 0.8 miles
- Holiday Inn Ipswich 4 2.3 miles
- Mermaid, Ipswich by Marston's Inns 2.6 miles
- Novotel Ipswich Centre Hotel 4 2.3 miles
- Travelodge Ipswich 3 2.4 miles
- Ipswich Inn 1.9 miles
Local points of interest
- Portman Road Stadium 2.3 miles
- Suffolk College University 2.5 miles
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 4.2 miles
- Harwich International Ferry Terminal Harbour 6.9 miles
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 7.4 miles
- Felixstowe Trinity Terminal Harbour 7.6 miles
- Harwich Harbor Harbour 8.9 miles
- Sutton Hoo Archaeological site 9.8 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 12.3 miles
- University of Essex University 12.8 miles
- Pedlars Wood Forest 13.4 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 14.1 miles