Hengrave
Parish in West Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.284, 0.67 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 82 68 |
| Dialling code: | 01284 (Bury-St-Edmunds) |
Hengrave is a small, largely rural parish in West Suffolk, in the county of Suffolk, England, set amid arable farmland and parkland a short distance from the market town of Bury St Edmunds. The settlement has a very small population and a quiet, close-knit community character, with much of the local economy centred on agriculture and the management of historic estates.
The parish’s most striking feature is Hengrave Hall, a late Tudor manor with a long history connected to local landed families and recusant Catholicism; the house and its grounds give the area much of its cultural and historic interest and occasionally host private events. Visitors and residents alike appreciate the sense of continuity provided by the Hall, the surrounding countryside and the parish’s proximity to larger services in nearby towns.
Postcode districts covering Hengrave
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Haverhill 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Thetford 9.8 miles15.7 km
- Sudbury 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Stowmarket 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Newmarket 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Ely 19 miles30.6 km
- Mildenhall 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Halstead 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Diss 19.7 miles31.7 km
- Attleborough 21.5 miles34.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Flempton Parish 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Fornham All Saints Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Fornham St. Genevieve Parish 1.3 miles2 km
- Culford Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Fornham St. Martin Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- St. Olaves Ward 1.8 miles3 km
- Risby Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Lackford Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Tollgate Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Ingham Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Timworth Parish 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Westley Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
Example postcodes in Hengrave
IP28 6NA, IP28 6NB, IP28 6LU, IP28 6LS, IP28 6LT, IP28 6LX, IP28 6LP, IP28 6LR, IP28 6LY … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 33.1 miles53.3 km
- Norwich International Airport 37.4 miles60.2 km
- Bury St Edmunds Railway Station 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Thurston Railway Station 6.3 miles10.2 km
Hotels near Hengrave Ad
- All Saints Hotel 4 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Tuddenham Mill Luxury Hotel 5 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Angel Hotel 4 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Best Western Priory Hotel 3 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Dragonfly Hotel Bury St Edmunds 3 4 miles6.4 km
- The Grange Hotel 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Riverside House Hotel 3 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Worlington Hall 4 8.4 miles13.5 km
Local points of interest
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Ickworth House Estate 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Elveden Hall Estate 7 miles11.3 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 13 miles20.9 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Lynford Hall Estate 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Snetterton Heath Estate 17.9 miles28.7 km
- Wayland Wood Forest 19.7 miles31.6 km