Mellis
Mellis is a small village in Suffolk, England.

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.
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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.
- 01St 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 - 02Burgate 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 → Mellis123 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
- London → Mellis123 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Mellis114 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £12–16
- 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 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.
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If you know how people move in Mellis – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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