Borley
Borley is a village and civil parish in rural north Essex, England. It lies close to the border with Suffolk and near the River Stour. The closest town is Sudbury, Suffolk, approximately 3 km southeast of Borley; Sudbury is also the Post Town used by Royal Mail for Borley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gainsborough’s House and Borley Church.
Gainsborough’s House
Museum
Gainsborough's House is the birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough. It is now a museum and gallery, located at 46 Gainsborough Street in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
Borley Church
Church
Borley Church is the parish church in Borley, Essex. The church is in the ecclesiastical parish of Borley and Liston, one of the Fifteen Churches of the North Hinckford Benefice in the Diocese of Chelmsford of the Church of England.
Corn Exchange, Sudbury
Library
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building on Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is used as a public library, is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sudbury and Long Melford.
Sudbury
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.
Long Melford
Photo: ChristiaanPR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Great Cornard
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Cornard is a large village and civil parish that is part of the town of Sudbury, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Great Cornard is situated 3 miles southeast of Borley.
Borley
- Type: Locality
- Location: Braintree District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.053° or 52° 3′ 11″ northLongitude
0.6927° or 0° 41′ 34″ eastElevation
171 feet (52 metres)Open location code
9F423M3V+53GeoNames ID
7293489
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