Metfield
Metfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, but its name is derived from Medefeld or 'Meadow feld'. It is situated close to the border with Norfolk, being approximately 5 miles south east of Harleston and 7 miles north west of Halesworth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 388 residents
- Description: village in Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Metfield, Suffolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist, Metfield and Metfield Meadow.
Church of St John the Baptist, Metfield
Church
Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist, Metfield is the parish church of Metfield, Suffolk. It is a Grade I listed building. It is part of the Sancroft benefice of churches, part of the Hoxne Deanery, in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Metfield Meadow
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metfield Meadow is a 1.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Halesworth in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust under the name Winks Meadow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St James South Elmham and Withersdale Street.
St James South Elmham
Village
St James South Elmham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 4.5 miles north-west of the market town of Halesworth and 5.5 miles south-west of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. St James South Elmham is situated 1½ miles east of Metfield.
Withersdale Street
Hamlet
Withersdale Street is a village in the civil parish of Mendham, in the East Suffolk district, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, in the Waveney Valley. The village is predominantly a ribbon development, along the B1123, from Harleston to Halesworth. Withersdale Street is situated 1½ miles west of Metfield.
Little Whittingham Green
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Whittingham Green is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Metfield.
Metfield
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Metfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.37197° or 52° 22′ 19″ northLongitude
1.37134° or 1° 22′ 17″ eastPopulation
388Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MEFOpen location code
9F4399CC+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 68567676OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Metfield” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Метфиелд”
- Cebuano: “Metfield”
- Chinese: “Metfield”
- Dutch: “Metfield”
- French: “Metfield”
- Irish: “Metfield”
- Ladin: “Metfield”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Metfield”
- Polish: “Metfield”
- Swedish: “Metfield”
- Turkish: “Metfield”
- “Metfield”
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