Lavenham
Lavenham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.
Lavenham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is noted for its Guildhall, Little Hall, 15th-century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walks. In the medieval period it was among the twenty wealthiest settlements in England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1722.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Most of the village can be seen in a 10- to 15-minute walk, but visiting the Guild Hall needs longer.
- 01Tourist Information Centre
Lady St, Lavenham, CO10 9RA, lavenhamtic@babergh.gov.uk.
- 02Lavenham Guildhall
Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ, lavenhamguildhall@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 03Little Hall Museum
Market Place, Lavenham, C010 9QZ, info@littlehall.org.uk.
- 04St Peter & St Paul Church
Church Sr, Lavenham, CO10 9QT.
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Things to do
- 01Guided Tour of Lavenham
Tourist Information Centre, Lady St, Lavenham CO10 9RA (Book in advance through Tourist Information Centre), lavenhamtic@babergh.gov.uk.
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Where to eat
- 01The Great House Hotel & Restaurant
Outstanding restaurant with 5 rooms, in a grade II* listed 14th century building.
- 02The Swan Hotel
High St, Lavenham CO10 9QA, info@theswanatlavenham.co.uk.
- 03Hadley's at Lavenham Ice Cream Shop
91 High St, Lavenham, CO10 9PZ, jane@hadleysdairy.co.uk.
- 04Memsaab Indian Restaurant
2 Church St, Lavenham, CO10 9QT, info@memsaaboflavenham.co.uk.
- 05The Greyhound Restaurant
97 High St, Lavenham, CO10 9PZ, info@lavenhamgreyhound.com.
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Getting to Lavenham
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 46 km · London Luton (LTN), 84 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 112 km
- London, Essex → Lavenham92 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £11–14
- London → Lavenham92 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Lavenham87 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £10–13
- 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 Lavenham
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 Lavenham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe complete route requires ferry crossings, and follows a mix of on- and off-road paths and terrains.
From Wikivoyage: Long Melford, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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