Shimpling
Shimpling is a village and civil parish in south Suffolk, England.
Shimpling is a village and civil parish in south Suffolk, England. About 7 miles (11 km) from Bury St Edmunds, it is part of Babergh district. The village is formed from two halves, the newer Shimpling Street and about 2 miles (3 km) away the old village of Shimpling. The village has a Church of England parish church, where supermodel Claudia Schiffer and film producer Matthew Vaughn were married on 25 May 2002.
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Worth seeing in and around Shimpling
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.
- 01Kentwell Hall
Kentwell Hall is a stately home in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It includes the hall, outbuildings, a rare-breeds farm and gardens.
3.5 km · Grade I listed manor house in Long Melford, Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02All Saints Church, Lawshall
The Parish Church of All Saints' Lawshall, is an Anglican church in the village of Lawshall, Suffolk, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
2.9 km · church in Lawshall, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Peter and St Paul Church Alpheton
The St Peter and St Paul Church, Alpheton is the parish church of Alpheton, Suffolk, England. Built in the 14th century it is a Grade I listed building.
1.5 km · church in Alpheton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Kentwell Woods
Kentwell Woods is a 77.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in fifteen woods in fourteen separate blocks east and north-east of Glemsford in Suffolk. There is a variety of different woodland types in this site, and the most common is the wet ash and maple, with hazel also common.
1.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Frithy and Chadacre Woods
Frithy and Chadacre Woods is a 28.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parishes of Lawshall and Shimpling in Suffolk, England.
3.1 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia - 06Lawshall Hall
Lawshall Hall is a Grade II* listed building, re-built in 1557, that is located in the parish of Lawshall in Suffolk. The Hall is adjacent to All Saints Church and is very close to the centre of the village.
2.8 km · historic site in Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shimpling
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 43 km · London Luton (LTN), 80 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 109 km
- London, Essex → Shimpling91 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → Shimpling83 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £11–15
- London → Shimpling91 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £10–14
- 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 Shimpling
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 Shimpling. 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 Shimpling
- Hartestvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Alphetonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK2.2 km
- Lawshallvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Boxtedvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK3.4 km
- Bridge Streethamlet in Suffolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Audley Endhamlet in the parish of Lawshall, Babergh, Suffolk, England1.7 km