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Washbrook

Washbrook is a village and former civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Ipswich, now in the parish of Copdock and Washbrook, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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The place

Washbrook is a village and former civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Ipswich, now in the parish of Copdock and Washbrook, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 517.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Washbrook

9 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.

  1. 01
    Chantry Park

    Chantry Park is a park located west of Ipswich town centre, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the largest park in Ipswich and extends over 124 acres.

    2.8 km · park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gippeswyk Park

    Gippeswyk Park is a park in the South West of Ipswich in England. It was bequeathed to Ipswich by the MP Felix Cobbold.

    3.8 km · park in Ipswich, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Mary's Church, Washbrook

    St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Washbrook, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    1 km · church in Washbrook, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Old London Road

    Old London Road is a cricket ground in Copdock, Suffolk. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1847, when the Gentlemen of Suffolk played the Gentlemen of Norfolk.

    800 m · Cricket ground in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Belstead Brook Hotel

    The Belstead Brook Hotel in Ipswich, Suffolk is a building of historical significance. It was originally a 16th-century hunting lodge but was used later as a family residence.

    2.5 km · country house hotel in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Goldrood House

    Goldrood House is a Grade II listed building in Chantry, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The building is currently part of St Joseph's College.

    3.7 km · house in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Millennium Wood, Ipswich

    Millennium Wood is a 3.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by Suffolk County Council and managed by the Greenways Countryside Project.

    2.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Stoke Park Wood

    Stoke Park Wood is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council.

    3.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Mark

    St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church on the Chantry Estate in Ipswich.

    2.8 km · catholic church in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Washbrook

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 61 km · London Luton (LTN), 101 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 124 km
Stations
Capel railway station, 3.5 km
  • London, Essex → Washbrook
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £10–14
  • London → Washbrook
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £10–14
  • Luton, Luton → Washbrook
    105 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £14–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Washbrook

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inRural bus and minibus services run to surrounding villages, although some are very infrequent.

From Wikivoyage: Ipswich (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    224 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    296 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    409 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    567 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    601 km

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Around it

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  • Belsteadvillage and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England1.6 km
  • Sproughtonvillage in Suffolk, UK3 km
  • Chattishamvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.6 km
  • Pinewoodcivil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, United Kingdom1.6 km