Great Whelnetham
Great Whelnetham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England.
Great Whelnetham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 820.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Whelnetham
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.
- 01Nowton Park
Nowton Park is a park in Nowton, Suffolk, England. It is approximately 2 miles south of the centre of Bury St Edmunds.
2.3 km · park in Nowton, England · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Clare
The Church of St Clare, Bradfield is the Anglican parish church of Bradfield St Clare, in the district of West Suffolk, Suffolk. The original structure dates back to the 12th century, with modifications being made through the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.
3.6 km · church in Bradfield St Clare · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Whelnetham
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 50 km · London Luton (LTN), 85 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 117 km
- Stations
- Welnetham railway station, 1.9 km
- London, Essex → Great Whelnetham98 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Great Whelnetham88 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–13
- London → Great Whelnetham98 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £12–16
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Great Whelnetham
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 Whelnetham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSee Ferry routes to Great Britain Bury St Edmunds is about 50 miles (80 km) inland of the easternmost coast of England.
- Get inFor more conventional ship travel, the nearest passenger ferry port is at Harwich (48 miles) for the Netherlands, Denmark and cruises to Germany and Scandinavia.
- Get inGreater Anglia train services from Harwich International port (ferry connections to Scandinavia and the Netherlands) direct to Bury St Edmunds (1 hr 6 min).
- Get inSouth Eastern train services to Stratford International (London) station from Dover (1 hr 4 min - for ferry connections to France) and Ramsgate (1 hr 11 min - for ferry connections to Belgium).
From Wikivoyage: Bury St Edmunds, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Great Whelnetham
- Bradfield St Clarevillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK3.7 km
- Little Whelnethamvillage in Suffolk, England, UK800 m
- Bradfield St Georgevillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England3.3 km
- Nowtonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom1.6 km
- Hawsteadvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.4 km
- Rushbrooke with Roughamcivil parish in Suffolk, England3.7 km