Belstead
Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk.
Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. Located on the southern edge of Ipswich, around 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Ipswich town centre. It had a population of 202 according to the 2011 census. Belstead has amenities such as a village hall, St Mary's the Virgin Church, The bridge school for children with learning difficulties and Belstead Brook Hotel and Spa. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
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Worth seeing in and around Belstead
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chantry Park
Chantry Park is a park located west of Ipswich town centre, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the largest park in Ipswich and extends over 124 acres.
2.9 km · park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Gippeswyk Park
Gippeswyk Park is a park in the South West of Ipswich in England. It was bequeathed to Ipswich by the MP Felix Cobbold.
3.3 km · park in Ipswich, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Church, Washbrook
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Washbrook, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.6 km · church in Washbrook, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Endeavour House
Endeavour House is a municipal building in Russell Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is the meeting place and offices of Suffolk County Council.
3.9 km · building in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ipswich Crown Court
Ipswich Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Russell Road, Ipswich, England. It was completed in 2004.
3.8 km · judicial building in Ipswich, England · Wikipedia - 06Stoke Hall
Stoke Hall was a Georgian stately home in Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, England. It was built in 1744 and the main house was demolished in 1915.
4 km · English country house in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Stoke Tunnel Cutting, Ipswich
Stoke Tunnel Cutting, Ipswich is a 2.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ipswich, Suffolk · Wikipedia - 08Freston and Cutler's Woods with Holbrook Park
Freston and Cutler's Woods with Holbrook Park is a 142 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ipswich in Suffolk. The site is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty These ancient woods have woodland types typical of spring-fed valleys and light sandy soils.
3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 09Millennium Wood, Ipswich
Millennium Wood is a 3.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by Suffolk County Council and managed by the Greenways Countryside Project.
1.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Old London Road
Old London Road is a cricket ground in Copdock, Suffolk. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1847, when the Gentlemen of Suffolk played the Gentlemen of Norfolk.
1.6 km · Cricket ground in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Belstead
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 62 km · London Luton (LTN), 102 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 124 km
- Stations
- Ipswich railway station, 3.6 km · Capel railway station, 3.7 km
- London, Essex → Belstead103 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £11–14
- London → Belstead103 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Belstead106 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £14–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Belstead
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Belstead. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRural bus and minibus services run to surrounding villages, although some are very infrequent.
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Next door to Belstead
- Tattingstonevillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.2 km
- Sproughtonvillage in Suffolk, UK3.9 km
- Whersteadvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.3 km
- Pinewoodcivil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, United Kingdom1 km
- Washbrookvillage in Suffolk, United Kingdom1.7 km
- Copdock and Washbrookcivil parish in Suffolk, England2.6 km