Metfield
Metfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, but its name is derived from Medefeld or 'Meadow feld'.
Metfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, but its name is derived from Medefeld or 'Meadow feld'. It is situated close to the border with Norfolk, being approximately 5 miles south east of Harleston and 7 miles north west of Halesworth. The population was estimated to be 370 in 1996, increasing to 388 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Metfield
3 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 John the Baptist, Metfield
The Church of St John the Baptist, Metfield is the parish church of Metfield, Suffolk. It is a Grade I listed building.
100 m · Grade I listed church in Metfield, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02South Elmham Hall
South Elmham Hall is a former Bishop's palace located in St Cross, South Elmham, Suffolk, England. It is a moated site which includes some ruins dating from the 13th and 14th centuries.
3.2 km · Grade I listed building in Waveney, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Laurel Farm Meadow
Laurel Farm Meadow is a 1.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Halesworth in Suffolk. This mesotrophic grassland site has diverse flora, and it is a type of meadow which is rare in Britain and not found in mainland Europe.
3 km · Biological site in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Metfield
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 94 km · London Luton (LTN), 131 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 161 km
- London, Essex → Metfield141 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £16–21
- London → Metfield141 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £16–21
- Luton, Luton → Metfield134 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £14–19
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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 Metfield
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 Metfield. 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 Metfield – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Metfield
- Mendhamvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK3.5 km
- St Cross South Elmhamvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK3.7 km
- St James South Elmhamvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.8 km
- Withersdalesettlement in Suffolk, England, UK1.1 km
- Withersdale Streetvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.5 km