Harleston
Parish in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.206, 0.946 |
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| OS grid ref: | TM 01 60 |
| Dialling code: | 01449 (Stowmarket) |
Harleston is a small, largely agricultural civil parish in the district of Mid Suffolk in rural Suffolk, England. Set in gently rolling arable countryside, it comprises a handful of farmsteads and traditional cottages surrounded by hedged fields and small woodlands, giving the area a quiet, sparsely populated character.
Its history is typical of many Suffolk villages, with older houses and field patterns that hint at medieval origins, and community life organised around local amenities such as the parish church and village hall. Farming remains important to the local economy while many residents travel to nearby market towns for work and services, and the parish is noted for its rural tranquillity, active community groups and opportunities for country walks and conservation activities.
Postcode districts covering Harleston
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 14.1 miles22.8 km
- Colchester 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Felixstowe 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Haverhill 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Thetford 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Sudbury 14.8 miles23.9 km
- Stowmarket 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Harwich 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Newmarket 23 miles37.1 km
- Mildenhall 21.7 miles34.9 km
- Halstead 22.3 miles35.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Shelland Parish 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Onehouse Parish 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Haughley Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Wetherden Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Chilton Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Great Finborough Built-up area 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Woolpit Heath Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- St. Peter's Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Elmswell & Woolpit Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Stowmarket Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Buxhall Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
Example postcodes in Harleston
IP14 3HZ, IP14 3JQ, IP14 3JH, IP14 3HT, IP14 3HN, IP14 3HW, IP14 3JA, IP14 3HP, IP14 3JB … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 35.4 miles57 km
- Stansted Airport 37.5 miles60.4 km
- Stowmarket Railway Station 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Elmswell Railway Station 2.6 miles4.2 km
Hotels near Harleston Ad
- The Grange Hotel 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Limes Hotel 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Best Western Claydon Hotel 3 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Dragonfly Hotel Bury St Edmunds 3 9.4 miles15.1 km
Local points of interest
- Shepherds Grove Forest 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Ickworth House Estate 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Portman Road Stadium 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Suffolk College University 14 miles22.5 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 15 miles24.1 km
- Foxall Stadium Stadium 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Elveden Hall Estate 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Snetterton Heath Estate 18 miles29 km
- Sutton Hoo Archaeological site 18.4 miles29.6 km