Woolverstone
Woolverstone is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley peninsula.
Woolverstone is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley peninsula. It is situated about 6.4 km (4.0 mi) south of Ipswich, near the southern shore of the River Orwell. In 2005 it had a population of 240, increasing to 265 at the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Woolverstone
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.
- 01Woolverstone Hall
Woolverstone Hall is a large country house, now in use as a school and available at times as a function venue, located 5 miles south of the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is set in 80 acres on the banks of the River Orwell.
800 m · Grade I listed building in Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Broke Hall
Broke Hall is an English country house at Nacton, near Ipswich, Suffolk. It overlooks the River Orwell, opposite Pin Mill.
3.7 km · house in Nacton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Freston and Cutler's Woods with Holbrook Park
Freston and Cutler's Woods with Holbrook Park is a 142 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ipswich in Suffolk. The site is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty These ancient woods have woodland types typical of spring-fed valleys and light sandy soils.
3.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04St Martin's Church, Nacton
St Martin's Church is located in the village of Nacton near Ipswich. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Colneys, part of the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
3.2 km · church in Nacton, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Wherstead Park
Wherstead Park Mansion in Suffolk is a house of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1792 for Sir Robert Harland by the famous architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville on the site of an older house.
3.5 km · English country house in Wherstead, Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Bridge Wood
Bridge Wood is a 31 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council, and is part of Orwell Country Park.
1.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Pipers Vale
Pipers Vale is a 19.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council.
3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Freston Tower
Freston Tower is a six-storey red brick folly south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the village of Freston. It stands on the banks of the River Orwell.
1.4 km · folly tower in Freston, Babergh, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Leighton Road Evangelical Church
Leighton Road Evangelical Church is a nonconformist independent evangelical church located on the Gainsborough estate, Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. Gainsborough estate is an urban priority area council housing estate on the south east side of Ipswich.
3.1 km · church in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Woolverstone
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 66 km · London Luton (LTN), 107 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 128 km
- Stations
- Ipswich Airport, 3.2 km
- London, Essex → Woolverstone105 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £11–15
- London → Woolverstone105 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £11–15
- Luton, Luton → Woolverstone110 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £15–19
- 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 Woolverstone
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 Woolverstone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRural bus and minibus services run to surrounding villages, although some are very infrequent.
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Next door to Woolverstone
- Chelmondistonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.2 km
- Holbrookvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, UK2.7 km
- Frestonvillage and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK1.8 km
- Harksteadvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.8 km
- Whersteadvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.9 km
- Nactonvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.7 km