Ixworth
Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Thetford.
Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Ixworth
4 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.
- 01St Andrew's Church, Sapiston
St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Sapiston, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.8 km · church in Sapiston, UK · Wikipedia - 02Nether Hall
Nether Hall is a country house situated in the village of Pakenham, Suffolk. It was one of the ancient manors of the village and seat of the Greene baronets.
3.8 km · building in Pakenham, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Newe House
Newe House is a Grade II* listed Jacobean dower house in the village of Pakenham, Suffolk. Newe House was built in 1622 by Sir Robert Bright and today the façade of the house remains largely unmodified.
3.4 km · house in Pakenham, St Edmundsbury, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Pakenham Windmill
Pakenham Mill is a Grade II* listed tower mill at Pakenham, Suffolk, England which has been restored and is maintained in working order.
1.3 km · tower mill located in Pakenham, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ixworth
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 62 km · London Luton (LTN), 95 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 128 km
- London, Essex → Ixworth110 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Ixworth97 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £10–14
- London → Ixworth110 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ixworth
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 Ixworth. 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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