Lavenham
Lavenham, is a village in the south-west corner of Suffolk. It is one of the finest examples of a medieval wool town. Most of the houses were built between 1450 and 1500 and are in a remarkable state of preservation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,410 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England
- Also known as: “Lavenham, Suffolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Hall Lavenham and Angel Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston St Mary and Brent Eleigh.
Preston St Mary
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north-east of Lavenham. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksey Green and Whelp Street. Preston St Mary is situated 1½ miles east of Lavenham.
Brent Eleigh
Village
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brent Eleigh is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located between Hadleigh and Lavenham, in 2005 it had a population of 180 reducing to 174 at the 2011 census. Brent Eleigh is situated 2 miles southeast of Lavenham.
Smithwood Green
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockfield is a village and civil parish located approximately 3+1⁄2 miles from Lavenham in Suffolk, England. The village consists of a central point and several outlying hamlets: Buttons Green, Colchester Green, Cross Green, Great Green, Oldhall Green, Smithwood Green and Windsor Green. Smithwood Green is situated 2 miles north of Lavenham.
Lavenham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Lavenham, Babergh District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.11004° or 52° 6′ 36″ northLongitude
0.79789° or 0° 47′ 52″ eastPopulation
1,410Elevation
217 feet (66 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LAVOpen location code
9F424Q6X+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 1589364513OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lavenham” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lavenham”
- Bengali: “ল্যাভেনহ্যাম”
- Catalan: “Lavenham”
- Cebuano: “Lavenham”
- Chinese: “Lavenham”
- Dutch: “Lavenham”
- French: “Lavenham”
- Georgian: “ლავენჰემი”
- German: “Lavenham”
- Irish: “Lavenham”
- Italian: “Lavenham”
- Japanese: “ラヴェナム”
- Japanese: “ラベンハム”
- Ladin: “Lavenham (Suffolk)”
- Ladin: “Lavenham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lavenham”
- Persian: “لیونهام”
- Polish: “Lavenham”
- Romanian: “mamaliga”
- Russian: “Лавенем”
- Russian: “Лавенхем”
- Spanish: “Lavenham”
- Swedish: “Lavenham”
- Turkish: “Lavenham”
- Welsh: “Lavenham”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 Wikivoyage page “Lavenham”. Photo: Geez-oz, CC BY-SA 3.0.