Area Info for Shimpling (Suffolk)

Shimpling, Suffolk, UK

Shimpling is a small rural village located in the county of Suffolk, in the eastern part of England. It is part of the civil parish of Shimpling, which encompasses the village itself and surrounding areas.

Geography and Location

The village is situated within the East of England region, approximately 10 miles south of Bury St Edmunds and around 20 miles north of Cambridge. The landscape around Shimpling is characterised by gentle rolling countryside, farmland, and historic rural features.

History and Heritage

Shimpling has a long history dating back to medieval times. The village is known for its traditional English rural character, with historic buildings and churches that reflect its heritage. The local church, St. George's Church, is a notable landmark with architectural features dating from the medieval period.

Community and Amenities

The village maintains a small, close-knit community. While it is primarily residential and agricultural, residents often rely on nearby towns for amenities such as shops, schools, and healthcare services. There are no large commercial establishments within the village itself.

Transport

Shimpling is accessible via local roads, with connections to larger towns and transport links. Public transport options are limited, typical of rural villages in the area, so most residents rely on private vehicles for commuting.

Natural Environment

The surrounding area offers scenic views and opportunities for outdoor activities such as walking and cycling. The rural setting provides a peaceful environment, with natural features including fields, hedgerows, and small woodland areas.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Education
School
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall1.04 miles
The Street, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4QA
Hartest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.22 miles
The Row, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4DL
Cockfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.66 miles
Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0LA
Glemsford Primary Academy3.65 miles
Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Lavenham Community Primary School3.71 miles
Barn Street, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9RB
Great Whelnetham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.18 miles
Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0UA
Long Melford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.51 miles
Cordell Road, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9ED
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School5.23 miles
Lambert Drive, Acton, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0US
Cavendish Church of England Primary School5.43 miles
The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Old Buckenham Hall School5.54 miles
Brettenham Park, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 7PH
Ickworth Park Primary School6.14 miles
Meadow Drive, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5SB
Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School6.15 miles
Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0RR
South Lee School6.15 miles
Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2BT
Woodhall Community Primary School6.20 miles
Mayflower Way, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1ST
Centre Academy East Anglia6.24 miles
Brettenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 7QR
Hillside Special School6.35 miles
Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN
Health
Clinic
AHP Suffolk (Back & Neck Service)6.38 miles
West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ
AHP Suffolk (Sudbury)6.38 miles
Sudbury Community Health Centre, Church Field Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2DZ
Sudbury Health Centre6.72 miles
Acton Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1QN
Child Health Centre (Suffolk)7.00 miles
Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3ND
Child Development Centre7.00 miles
Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3ND
Disability Resource Centre (Suffolk)7.01 miles
Papworth House, 4 Bunting Road, Moreton Hall Estate, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BX
AHP Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds)7.07 miles
The Self Centre, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AR
Sudbury Healthcare Partnership Limited (Meadow Lane)7.17 miles
Hardwicke House Group Practice, Meadow Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2TD
Blomfield House7.35 miles
Looms Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HE
Disability Resource Centre7.50 miles
Unit 6, Northgate Business Park, 110 Northgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HP
Geecol Wellness Ltd Hq7.62 miles
6 Maulkin Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7GG
AHP Suffolk (Wickhambrook)7.95 miles
Wickhambrook Health Centre, Nunnery Green, Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8XU
AHP Suffolk (Woolpit)9.05 miles
Woolpit Health Centre, Heath Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, IP30 9QU
Stow Lodge Centre11.17 miles
Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Stow Lodge Centre11.17 miles
Stow Lodge Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
AHP Suffolk (Stowmarket)11.17 miles
Stowe Lodge Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
GP
Glemsford Surgery2.19 miles
Melford Road, Hartest, Suffolk, IP29 4DJ
The Long Melford Practice (Lavenham)3.63 miles
36 Church Street, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9SA
Glemsford Surgery3.65 miles
Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
The Long Melford Practice4.41 miles
Cordell Road, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9EP
Siam Surgery6.38 miles
Sudbury Community Health Centre, Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, CO10 2DZ
Siam Surgery6.38 miles
Sudbury Community Health Centre, Sudbury, CO10 2DZ
Hardwicke House Group Practice7.04 miles
Stour Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2AY
Meadow Lane Surgery7.17 miles
Hardwicke House Group Practice, Meadow Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2TD
Angel Hill Surgery7.21 miles
1 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1LU
Mount Farm Surgery7.29 miles
Lawson Place, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7EW
The Guildhall and Barrow Surgery7.30 miles
Lower Baxter Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1ET
DR P Dean and Partners - Victoria Surgery7.38 miles
Victoria Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BB
The Swan Surgery7.50 miles
Northgate Business Park, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1AE
Cornard Surgery7.52 miles
Hardwicke House Group Practice, 67 Pot Kiln Road Gt Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0DH
Clare Guildhall Surgery - Drs Huck , O'Donnell & Whitehead7.58 miles
High Street, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8NY
Clare Surgery7.68 miles
Hardwicke House Group Practice, Nethergate Street Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8NP
Hospital
West Suffolk Hospital6.38 miles
Hardwick Lane, Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ
Wedgwood House6.38 miles
West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwicke Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ
BMI St Edmunds Hospital6.93 miles
St. Marys Square, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2AA
Walnut Tree Hospital6.93 miles
Walnut Tree Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1BE
St Leonards Hospital6.99 miles
Newton Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2RQ
Halstead Hospital13.79 miles
78 Hedingham Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2DL
Newmarket Hospital15.86 miles
Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG
Beech House Hospital16.95 miles
Fordham Road,, CB8 7LF
Colchester General Hospital17.46 miles
Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL
Oaks Hospital17.64 miles
Oaks Place, Mile End Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5XR
Essex County Hospital18.78 miles
Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3NB
Braintree Community Hospital19.67 miles
Braintree Community Hospital, Chadwick Drive, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2AL
St Michael's Hospital19.67 miles
Rayne Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2QU
The Ipswich Hospital20.63 miles
Heath Road, ..., Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PD
Woodlands20.63 miles
Heath Road, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, IP4 5PD
St Clements Hospital20.66 miles
Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8LS
Pharmacy
Lavenham Pharmacy3.61 miles
3 High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9PX
The Pharmacy4.22 miles
Hall Street, Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10 9JG
Tesco In Store Pharmacy5.99 miles
Tesco Pharmacy, Woodhall Business Park, Springlands Way, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1GY
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd6.86 miles
Bedingfield Way, Bury St Edmunds,, IP32 7EJ
Superdrug Pharmacy6.91 miles
8 North Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1RB
Lloydspharmacy6.91 miles
29 North Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1RB
Parade Pharmacy6.91 miles
6 North Street Parade, Sudbury,, CO10 1GL
Boots7.01 miles
Market Hill, Sudbury, CO10 2EA
Sainsbury's Pharmacy7.21 miles
Armes Trading Estate, Cornard Road, Sudbury, CO10 2XB
Abbey Pharmacy7.27 miles
22 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1UN
Croasdale and Sons7.27 miles
The Cornhill, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1BE
Croasdales Chemist,mountpharm7.29 miles
Mount Farm Surgery, Lawson Place, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7EW
Boots7.29 miles
Shop 5 Applegate Mews, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0GL
Boots7.33 miles
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1BX
Superdrug Stores Plc7.37 miles
Superdrug Pharmacy, 37-39 Cornhill, Bury-St-Edmunds, IP33 1DX
Lloydspharmacy7.38 miles
17 Victoria Street, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BB
Leisure
Park
KENTWELL HALL (Grade II* Listed)3.00 miles
TRINITY HOSPITAL (Grade II Listed)3.67 miles
MELFORD HALL (Grade II* Listed)3.92 miles
BRADFIELD WOODS5.13 miles
NOWTON PARK5.65 miles
THE RAILWAY WALKS5.68 miles
CHILTON HALL (Grade II Listed)6.26 miles
ICKWORTH HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)6.49 miles
SUDBURY COMMON LANDS6.80 miles
ABBEY GARDENS AND PRECINCTS (Grade II Listed)7.19 miles
CLARE CASTLE7.50 miles
MORETON HALL COMMUNITY WOODS7.51 miles
COE'S MEADOW7.82 miles
BELCHAMP HALL (Grade II Listed)7.86 miles
GREAT CORNARD8.34 miles
TIGER HILL10.80 miles
Shop
Groceries
SPAR Glemsford3.47 miles
Spar, Bells Lane, Suffolk, CO10 7QA
Co-op Sudbury3.56 miles
Lavenham, CO10 9PX
Co-op Sudbury3.56 miles
Lavenham, CO10 9PT
Londis A R Heeks & Son3.60 miles
13 Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ
Hunts Hill Convenience Store3.87 miles
Hunts Hill, Glemford, Glemsford Suffolk CO10 7RP
Co-op Sudbury4.37 miles
Long Melford, CO10 9JR
Costcutter Sudbury5.06 miles
4 High Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0AL
Tesco Sudbury (Superstore)6.00 miles
Woodhall Business Park, Springlands Way, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1GY
Tudor Store6.40 miles
26 Manor Road, Sudbury Suffolk CO10 1PB
Barrett Lee Convenience Store6.53 miles
Byford Road, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2YG
M&S Haberden Bury St Edmunds Bp6.61 miles
Rougham Rd, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2RN
ALDI Girling Street6.80 miles
Sudbury, C010 1NB
North Street Convenience6.82 miles
54 North Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 1RE
Sainsbury's Bury St Edmunds6.86 miles
Bedingfeld Way, Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7EJ
Tesco Bury St Edmunds (Express)6.87 miles
1-2 Stamford Court, Horringer Rd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2DF
Iceland Sudbury6.90 miles
94 North Street, Sudbury, CO10 1RF
Transport
Airport
Cambridge City Airport23.97 miles
London Stansted Airport26.32 miles
London Southend Airport39.56 miles
Bus Stop
Hallifax Place (W)0.35 miles
Hallifax Place (E)0.35 miles
Mill Hill (S)0.71 miles
Mill Hill (N)0.72 miles
Free Church (NW)1.01 miles
Free Church (SE)1.01 miles
The Green (N)1.02 miles
The Green (SE)1.03 miles
Primary School (W)1.03 miles
Swanfield (W)1.04 miles
Primary School (E)1.04 miles
Swanfield (E)1.04 miles
Old Bury Road (N)1.28 miles
Old Bury Road (SW)1.29 miles
Thorn Court Corner (N)1.32 miles
Thorn Court Corner (S)1.32 miles
Ferry Port
Harwich International Ferry Terminal26.00 miles
Brightlingsea Ferry Landing26.33 miles
Point Clear Ferry Landing26.44 miles
Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing26.50 miles
Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing26.51 miles
Harwich Harbour Ferry Landing27.16 miles
Felixstowe for Harwich Ferry Landing28.70 miles
Felixstowe for Bawdsey Ferry Landing30.02 miles
Bawdsey Ferry Landing30.14 miles
Wallasea Island Ferry Landing35.84 miles
Burnham on Crouch Ferry Landing35.84 miles
King's Lynn Ferry Landing44.79 miles
West Lynn Ferry Landing44.91 miles
Railway Station
Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station7.18 miles
Bury St Edmunds Rail Station7.88 miles
Thurston Rail Station8.33 miles
Elmswell Rail Station10.34 miles
Bures Rail Station11.80 miles
Stowmarket Rail Station12.03 miles
Kennett Rail Station13.82 miles
Needham Market Rail Station13.90 miles
Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station14.85 miles
Newmarket Rail Station15.22 miles
Dullingham Rail Station15.89 miles
Colchester Rail Station17.96 miles
Marks Tey Rail Station18.06 miles
Ipswich Rail Station18.73 miles
Manningtree Rail Station18.87 miles
Westerfield Rail Station19.02 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (IP29 4H*)
Number of Properties in Catchment268
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
AUDLEY END HOUSE, MELFORD ROAD
LAWSHALL
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4PY		£675,000
2023-06-30
detached
freehold
BACCHUS BARN, MELFORD ROAD
LAWSHALL
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4PY		£1,400,000
2021-06-24
detached
freehold
2, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£318,000
2021-05-27
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2005-09-16   £185,000
MAYLAND, THE STREET
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HW		£465,000
2021-02-03
detached
freehold
LITTLE CHADACRE FARMHOUSE, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£575,000
2021-01-29
semidetached
freehold
MARCHWOOD HOUSE, THE STREET
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HW		£565,000
2020-12-15
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2016-03-24   £485,000
THE HAMPTONS, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£850,000
2020-12-07
detached
freehold
AUDLEY END COTTAGES (3), MELFORD ROAD
LAWSHALL
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4PY		£220,000
2020-08-07
terraced
freehold
THE FIRS, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£490,000
2020-06-16
otherPropertyType
freehold
3, SLOUGH HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HN		£340,000
2020-05-21
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2010-09-15   £220,000
1, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£315,000
2019-11-25
detached
freehold
Sold 2005-05-27   £204,995
WREN COTTAGE, THE STREET
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HW		£335,000
2019-11-15
detached
freehold
MILL HILL COTTAGES (1), MILL HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HH		£347,500
2018-06-26
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2000-10-19   £85,000
6, SLOUGH HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HN		£295,000
2017-10-11
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2013-10-25   £245,000
3, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£580,000
2017-03-31
detached
freehold
Sold 2005-06-30   £325,000
MILL COTTAGE, MILL HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HH		£497,000
2016-09-16
detached
freehold
Sold 2011-10-28   £440,000
AUDLEY END COTTAGES (1), MELFORD ROAD
LAWSHALL
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4PY		£418,000
2015-01-05
terraced
freehold
Sold 2010-09-20   £365,000
5, SLOUGH HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HN		£205,000
2011-09-21
semidetached
freehold
LITTLE CHADACRE FARM COTTAGE, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£220,000
2010-10-02
semidetached
freehold
6, BARNFIELD
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HJ		£185,000
2009-12-18
detached
freehold
LITTLE CHADACRE FARM BARN, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£578,000
2009-08-26
detached
freehold
5, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£405,000
2008-09-19
detached
freehold
3, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£435,000
2008-04-18
detached
freehold
LITTLE CHADACRE FARM BARN, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£440,000
2007-11-01
detached
freehold
6, BARNFIELD
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HJ		£215,000
2007-08-03
detached
freehold
WALNUT TREE COTTAGE, SLOUGH HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HN		£395,000
2007-05-31
detached
freehold
Sold 2003-08-05   £345,000
CHILTERN HOUSE, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£447,500
2006-09-05
terraced
freehold
Sold 2004-07-26   £360,000
4, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£145,000
2006-04-28
detached
freehold
Sold 2005-06-30   £300,000
5, BARN MEADOW
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HE		£317,000
2005-04-29
detached (New)
freehold
LITTLE CHADACRE FARMHOUSE, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£260,000
2003-12-08
semidetached
freehold
5, BARNFIELD
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HJ		£130,000
2002-11-22
detached
freehold
3, SLOUGH HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HN		£97,000
2001-09-14
semidetached
freehold
Sold 1997-10-27   £57,000
LINDEN HOUSE, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£292,500
2001-09-14
detached
freehold
LITTLE CHADACRE FARM COTTAGE, LITTLE CHADACRE
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HL		£94,000
2001-05-25
semidetached
freehold
MILL COTTAGE, MILL HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HH		£140,000
2001-02-16
detached
freehold
1, SLOUGH HILL
SHIMPLING
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4HN		£58,000
2000-06-30
semidetached
freehold
AUDLEY END COTTAGES (2), MELFORD ROAD
LAWSHALL
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP29 4PY		£75,000
1998-12-18
terraced
freehold
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