Great Ashfield
Parish in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.268, 0.933 |
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| OS grid ref: | TM 00 67 |
| Dialling code: | 01359 (Pakenham) |
Great Ashfield is a small village and civil parish in the district of Mid Suffolk, in the county of Suffolk in eastern England. It sits amid the characteristic Suffolk landscape of arable fields and hedgerows, with a handful of traditional flint cottages and a historic parish church; village life remains quiet and rural, centred largely on farming with a modest number of residents who commute to nearby market towns.
The area is notable for the nearby wartime airfield, RAF Great Ashfield, which was used by the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War and is remembered today through memorials and surviving hardstandings. Culturally the village maintains a close-knit social life with occasional local events and an interest in conserving its historic and agricultural character.
Postcode districts covering Great Ashfield
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 17.8 miles28.7 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 8.7 miles14 km
- Haverhill 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Thetford 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Sudbury 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Stowmarket 6.2 miles10 km
- Newmarket 22.3 miles35.9 km
- Mildenhall 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Woodbridge 19.9 miles32.1 km
- Kesgrave 19.2 miles30.8 km
- Diss 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Attleborough 17.2 miles27.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Badwell Ash Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Hunston Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Langham Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Wyverstone Parish 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Elmswell Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Walsham le Willows Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Elmswell & Woolpit Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Wetherden Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Norton Built-up area 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Stowlangtoft Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Westhorpe Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Woolpit Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Great Ashfield
IP31 3HA, IP31 3HQ, IP31 3HE, IP31 3HS, IP31 3HY, IP31 3HX, IP31 3HG, IP31 3DL, IP31 3HN … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 31.8 miles51.2 km
- Stansted Airport 39.7 miles63.9 km
- Elmswell Railway Station 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Thurston Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
Hotels near Great Ashfield Ad
- The Grange Hotel 5.6 miles9 km
- All Saints Hotel 4 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Angel Hotel 4 9.3 miles15 km
- Dragonfly Hotel Bury St Edmunds 3 8.7 miles14 km
- Best Western Brome Grange 3 10 miles16 km
- Best Western Priory Hotel 3 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Limes Hotel 9.2 miles14.9 km
Local points of interest
- Shepherds Grove Forest 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Ickworth House Estate 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 12.7 miles20.4 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Elveden Hall Estate 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Snetterton Heath Estate 13.8 miles22.3 km
- Portman Road Stadium 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Suffolk College University 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 19.2 miles30.9 km
- Wayland Wood Forest 20 miles32.1 km