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Debenham

Debenham is a village and civil parish located 11 miles (18 km) north of Ipswich in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.

Debenham
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The place

Debenham is a village and civil parish located 11 miles (18 km) north of Ipswich in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The River Deben rises in the parish, and flows along a prolonged ford through the village.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Church of Saint Mary Magdalene

    High St, Debenham IP14 6QN.

  2. 02
    Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

    April to the end of September on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

From Wikivoyage: Debenham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Owl Sanctuary

    Stonham Barns, Pettaugh Rd, Stonham Aspal IP14 6AT, suffolkowlhome@gmail.com.

From Wikivoyage: Debenham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Bistro at the Barns
  2. 02
    Debenham Fish & Chip Shop

    32 High St, Debenham IP14 6QW,.

From Wikivoyage: Debenham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Debenham

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 75 km · London Luton (LTN), 113 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 140 km
Stations
Aspall and Thorndon railway station, 3.3 km
  • London, Essex → Debenham
    120 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £13–17
  • London → Debenham
    120 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £13–17
  • Luton, Luton → Debenham
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £13–18
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Debenham

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 Debenham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inMotorists, cyclists and pedestrians can use Stena Line ferries from Rotterdam () to Harwich.
  • Get inThe Harwich Harbour Ferry operates from Harwich Ha'penny Pier in Essex to and .

From Wikivoyage: Suffolk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-01.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    242 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    281 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    420 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    557 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    590 km

If you know how people move in Debenham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Debenham

  • Mickfieldvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK3.8 km
  • Aspallvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom2.1 km
  • Winstonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK2 km
  • Pettaughvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km
  • Ashfield cum Thorpecivil parish in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, United Kingdom3.4 km
  • Kentonvillage in Suffolk, UK3.4 km