Village in Suffolk, England
Great Barton
Great Barton is a large village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about 3 miles (5 km) East of Bury St Edmunds on the A143.
At the 2011 census the village had a population of 2,191 rising to 2,236 at the 2018 mid year estimate.
How locals move
Getting around Great Barton the local way
- Get inSee Ferry routes to Great Britain Bury St Edmunds is about 50 miles (80 km) inland of the easternmost coast of England.
- Get inFor more conventional ship travel, the nearest passenger ferry port is at Harwich (48 miles) for the Netherlands, Denmark and cruises to Germany and Scandinavia.
- Get inGreater Anglia train services from Harwich International port (ferry connections to Scandinavia and the Netherlands) direct to Bury St Edmunds (1 hr 6 min).
- Get inSouth Eastern train services to Stratford International (London) station from Dover (1 hr 4 min - for ferry connections to France) and Ramsgate (1 hr 11 min - for ferry connections to Belgium).
From Wikivoyage: Bury St Edmunds, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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