Kettlebaston
Kettlebaston is a village and a civil parish with just over 30 inhabitants in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, located around 3 miles (5 km) east of Lavenham.
Kettlebaston is a village and a civil parish with just over 30 inhabitants in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, located around 3 miles (5 km) east of Lavenham. From the 2011 Census the population of the village was not maintained and is included in the civil parish of Chelsworth. It derives its name from Kitelbeornastuna,, later evolving to Kettlebarston,, and finally to the current spelling. Its existence was first recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book.
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Worth seeing in and around Kettlebaston
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.
- 01Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is the parish church for Preston St Mary, in the county of Suffolk, England. Originally built in the 14th century it suffered lightning damage in 1758, and was substantially restored by Arthur Blomfield in 1868.
1.9 km · church in Preston St Mary, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Mary's Church, Brent Eleigh
The church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
3 km · church in Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Brent Eleigh Woods
Brent Eleigh Woods is a 31.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lavenham in Suffolk, England. This site consists of three separate areas, Spragg's, Langley and Camps Woods.
3.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04Clock Tower
The Clock Tower is a clock tower in the market place, in the centre of Bildeston, Suffolk, England. It was erected in 1864.
2.9 km · clock tower in Bildeston, Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kettlebaston
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 50 km · London Luton (LTN), 89 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 116 km
- London, Essex → Kettlebaston96 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £11–15
- London → Kettlebaston96 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £11–15
- Luton, Luton → Kettlebaston44 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £6–7
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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.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kettlebaston
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 Kettlebaston. 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 Kettlebaston
- Bildestonvillage and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England2.9 km
- Mildenvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km
- Hitchamvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England in the United Kingdom2.2 km
- Brent Eleighvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Thorpe Morieuxvillage in Suffolk, England, UK4 km
- Chelsworthvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK2.7 km