Village in Suffolk, England

Belstead

Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk.

Plan a trip to Belstead→From London, Essex

Every way there

London, Essex → Belstead
103 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £11–14
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London → Belstead
103 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £11–14
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Luton, Luton → Belstead
106 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £14–18
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The field note

What is in and around Belstead, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Belstead has

YScheduled flightsLondon, Essex (STN), 62 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesHarwich Cruise Terminal, 13 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Ipswich, 5 km.

52.028°, 1.106°

Located on the southern edge of Ipswich, around 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Ipswich town centre. It had a population of 202 according to the 2011 census. Belstead has amenities such as a village hall, St Mary's the Virgin Church, The bridge school for children with learning difficulties and Belstead Brook Hotel and Spa. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.

How locals move

Getting around Belstead the local way

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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: BelsteadDir (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.