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
IP9 2AX, IP9 2AY, IP2 8NE, IP2 8NL, IP9 2AZ, IP9 2AL, IP2 8SA, IP9 2AS, IP2 8NN … 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
- Salthouse Harbour Hotel 4 2.3 miles
- B&B Hotel Ipswich 3 2.1 miles
- Novotel Ipswich Centre 4 2.3 miles
- Hintlesham Hall Hotel 4 4.8 miles
- The Lion 5 6.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Ipswich Orwell 4 2.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Ipswich 4 2.3 miles
- Muthu Belstead Brook Hotel 4 1.2 miles
- The Carlton Hotel 2.8 miles
- Milsoms Kesgrave Hall 4 6 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