Acton

Acton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. The parish also includes the hamlets of Cuckoo Tye and Newman's Green. It is located three miles North East of Sudbury.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Melford Hall and All Saints Church, Acton.

Melford Hall

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Melford Hall is a stately home in the village of Long Melford, Suffolk, England. Since 1786 it has been the seat of the Parker Baronets and is still lived in by the Hyde Parker family.

All Saints Church, Acton

Church

All Saints Church, Acton

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All Saints Church is located in the village of Acton near Sudbury. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Sudbury, part of the archdeaconry of Ipswich, and the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford

Church

Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford

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The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It is one of 310 medieval English churches dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Melford and Lavenham.

Long Melford

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Long Melford is a large village in Suffolk. It flanks the River Stour, roughly halfway along its course between Cambridgeshire and the North Sea at Harwich.

Lavenham

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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.

Sudbury

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Sudbury is an historic market town of 24,000 people in Suffolk in the region of East Anglia in England. It is home to the Gainsborough's House museum, celebrating the work of the artist, Thomas Gainsborough.

Acton

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

52.0822° or 52° 4′ 56″ north

Longitude

0.7608° or 0° 45′ 39″ east

Elevation

190 feet (58 metres)

Open location code

9F423QJ6+V8

GeoNames ID

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