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Rattlesden

Rattlesden is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England.

Rattlesden
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Rattlesden is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) north-west from the county town of Ipswich, with the nearest town Stowmarket 4 miles (6 km) to the east. The parish includes the hamlets of Hightown Green and Poystreet Green.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Rattlesden

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 57 km · London Luton (LTN), 93 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 123 km
  • London, Essex → Rattlesden
    104 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £13–17
  • London → Rattlesden
    104 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £13–17
  • Luton, Luton → Rattlesden
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rattlesden

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inMotorists, cyclists and pedestrians can use Stena Line ferries from Rotterdam () to Harwich.
  • Get inThe Harwich Harbour Ferry operates from Harwich Ha'penny Pier in Essex to and .

From Wikivoyage: Suffolk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-01.

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    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

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  5. 05
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    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

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