Freston
Freston is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001, the parish had a population of 122, reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census.Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 123 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Freston, Suffolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Freston and The Boot Inn.
Freston
Archaeological site
Freston is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, an archaeological site near the village of Freston in Suffolk, England. Causewayed enclosures were built in England from shortly before 3700 until at least 3500 BC; they are characterised by the full or partial enclosure of an area with ditches that are interrupted by gaps, or causeways.
Freston Tower
Tower
Photo: Jsc83, Public domain.
Freston Tower is a six-storey red brick folly south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the village of Freston. It stands on the banks of the River Orwell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woolverstone and Wherstead.
Woolverstone
Village
Photo: Tim Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolverstone is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley peninsula. It is situated about 6.4 km south of Ipswich, near the southern shore of the River Orwell.
Wherstead
Village
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wherstead is a village and a civil parish located in the county of Suffolk, England. Wherstead village lies 3 miles south of Ipswich on the Shotley peninsula. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
Holbrook
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the River Stour, in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley Peninsula in Babergh district, around 5 miles south of the centre of Ipswich. Holbrook is situated 1½ miles south of Freston.
Freston
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Freston, Babergh District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.00767° or 52° 0′ 28″ northLongitude
1.15991° or 1° 9′ 36″ eastPopulation
123Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9F432555+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 28106551OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2649065Wikidata ID
Q2571618
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Freston” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Фрестон”
- Cebuano: “Freston”
- Chinese: “Freston”
- Dutch: “Freston”
- French: “Freston”
- German: “Freston”
- Irish: “Freston”
- Ladin: “Freston”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Freston”
- Persian: “فرستون، سافک”
- Polish: “Freston”
- Swedish: “Freston (parish i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Freston”
- Turkish: “Freston, Suffolk”
- “Freston”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old School Gallery and Freston Village Hall.
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