Great Ashfield
Great Ashfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, about 9 miles (14 km) east of Bury St Edmunds.

Great Ashfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, about 9 miles (14 km) east of Bury St Edmunds.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Ashfield
2 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.
- 01Great Ashfield Castle
Great Ashfield Castle, also known locally as Castle Hill, is a medieval motte and bailey castle near the village of Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England.
1.1 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02The Gardens, Great Ashfield
The Gardens, Great Ashfield is a 3.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Great Ashfield in Suffolk. These ancient meadows are traditionally managed by grazing and cutting for hay.
900 m · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Ashfield
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 64 km · London Luton (LTN), 99 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 130 km
- Stations
- Elmswell railway station, 3.5 km
- London, Essex → Great Ashfield111 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £13–17
- London → Great Ashfield111 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £13–17
- Luton, Luton → Great Ashfield102 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
- 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 Great Ashfield
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 Great Ashfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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 .
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Next door to Great Ashfield
- Langhamvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK3.6 km
- Badwell Ashvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.1 km
- Elmswellvillage in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, England3.6 km
- Hunstonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom2.9 km
- Bacton Greenvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.9 km
- Badwell Greenvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.1 km