Preston St Mary
Preston St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

Preston St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north-east of Lavenham. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksey Green and Whelp Street. In 2011 the parish had a population of 177.
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Worth seeing in and around Preston St Mary
6 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.
- 01Lavenham Wool Hall
Lavenham Wool Hall, also known as the Swan Hotel, is a timber framed building on Lady Street in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries, it has been protected since 1958 as a listed building.
3.3 km · building in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Lavenham, Suffolk. It is a notable wool church and regarded as one of the finest examples of Late Perpendicular Gothic architecture in England.
3.7 km · church in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church 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.
400 m · church in Preston St Mary, UK · Wikipedia - 04Lavenham Guildhall
Lavenham Guildhall is a timber-framed municipal building in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. It is Grade I listed.
3.2 km · Grade I listed local museum in Babergh, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
2.4 km · church in Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Brent 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.
3.4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Preston St Mary
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 49 km · London Luton (LTN), 87 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 115 km
- Stations
- Lavenham railway station, 3 km
- London, Essex → Preston St Mary95 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £11–14
- London → Preston St Mary95 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Preston St Mary90 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £10–14
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Preston St Mary
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 Preston St Mary. 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.
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Next door to Preston St Mary
- Lavenhamvillage and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England3.3 km
- Kettlebastonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2 km
- Thorpe Morieuxvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.8 km
- Brent Eleighvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.3 km
- Brettenhamvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK3.5 km
- Swingleton Greenhamlet in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km