Melton

Melton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile northeast of Woodbridge. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,718, the population increasing to 3,741 at the 2011 Census.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Woodbridge railway station and Woodbridge Tide Mill.

Woodbridge railway station

Railway station

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Woodbridge railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Woodbridge, Suffolk. It is 10 miles 19 chains down the line from Ipswich and 79 miles measured from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Westerfield and Melton.

Woodbridge Tide Mill

Museum

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Woodbridge Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England is a rare example of a tide mill whose water wheel still turns and is capable of grinding a wholemeal flour.

Melton railway station

Railway station

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Melton railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the village of Melton, Suffolk. It is 11 miles 49 chains down the line from Ipswich and 80 miles 28 chains measured from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Woodbridge and Wickham Market.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodbridge and Sutton Hoo.

Woodbridge

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Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk. It is about 8 miles from the coast, on the River Deben and is the location of medieval burial sites and ancient archaeological finds.

Sutton Hoo

Locality

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Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeologists have excavated the site since the discovery of a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of artifacts in 1938.

Melton

Type: Locality
Location: Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.1081° or 52° 6′ 29″ north

Longitude

1.3305° or 1° 19′ 50″ east

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Open location code

9F43485J+76

GeoNames ID

7291914

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