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Leiston

Leiston is a town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of , England. It is close to and , 21 miles north-east of and 90 miles north-east of London. The town had a population of 5,508 at the 2011 Census.
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  • Type: Town with 6,500 residents
  • Description: town in eastern Suffolk, England
  • Also known as: “Leiston-cum-Sizewell” and “Leiston, Suffolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Long Shop Museum and Summerhill School.

Museum
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an industrial heritage museum in the town of Leiston in the English county of . The museum features the history of Richard Garrett & Sons who manufactured a wide range of industrial and agricultural machinery, steam engines, and electric vehicles.

School
Photo: Axel Kühn, Public domain.
is an independent day and boarding school in Leiston, , England. It was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around.

Hotel
Photo: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldringham and Coldfair Green.

Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the Blything Hundred of , England. The village is located 1 mile south of Leiston and 3 miles northwest of close to the coast.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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, a village in , England, lies 3.5 miles south-east of , 1 mile south-west of Leiston, and 3 miles from the coast, in the Blything Hundred.

Leiston

Latitude
52.20648° or 52° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
1.57643° or 1° 34′ 35″ east
Population
6,500
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LEN
Open location code
9F436H4G+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21542372
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644642
Wiki­data ID
Q2519667
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Leiston” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Leiston”
  • Basque: “Leiston”
  • Cebuano: “Leiston”
  • Chinese: “Leiston”
  • Chinese: “莱斯顿”
  • Chinese: “萊斯頓”
  • Dutch: “Leiston”
  • French: “Leiston”
  • German: “Leiston”
  • Hungarian: “Leiston”
  • Irish: “Leiston”
  • Italian: “Leiston”
  • Japanese: “レイストン”
  • Ladin: “Leiston”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leiston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leiston”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leiston”
  • Persian: “لیستون”
  • Polish: “Leiston”
  • Romanian: “Leiston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لیستون”
  • Spanish: “Leiston”
  • Swedish: “Leiston”
  • Turkish: “Leiston”
  • Volapük: “Leiston”
  • Welsh: “Leiston”
  • “Leiston”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leiston”. Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 2.0.