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Mellis

Mellis is a small village in Suffolk, England.

Mellis
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The place

Mellis is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has the largest area of unfenced common land in England. Oliver Cromwell exercised his troops in Mellis. It once had a railway station on the main line between London and Norwich, and a small branch line that ran to nearby Eye.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mellis

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.

  1. 01
    St Mary's Church, Thornham Parva

    St Mary's Church is a medieval church in Thornham Parva, Suffolk, England. Much of the fabric dates from the 12th century, and it is a Grade I listed building.

    2.1 km · church in Thornham Parva, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Burgate Wood

    Burgate Wood is a 29.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk. The site includes a medieval ringwork which is a Scheduled Monument.

    2.7 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Mellis

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 76 km · London Luton (LTN), 111 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 142 km
Stations
Mellis railway station, 0 m · Yaxley Halt railway station, 2.2 km
  • London, Essex → Mellis
    123 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
  • London → Mellis
    123 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
  • Luton, Luton → Mellis
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £12–16
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mellis

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 Mellis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    246 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    282 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    416 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    544 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    577 km

If you know how people move in Mellis – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Mellis

  • Yaxleyvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom2.2 km
  • Thornham Parvavillage in Suffolk, England, UK1.9 km
  • Thornham Magnavillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.2 km
  • Thrandestonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.5 km
  • Burgatevillage and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom1.9 km
  • Gislinghamvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km