Layby
Layby is a parking area in Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. Layby is situated nearby to the aerodrome Mendlesham Airstrip, as well as near the forest Mendlesham Millennium Woodland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mid-Suffolk Light Railway and Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station.
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Museum
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway was a standard gauge railway intended to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk; it took advantage of the reduced construction cost enabled by the Light Railways Act 1896. Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Layby.
Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station was a station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Layby.
St Mary’s Church, Mendlesham
Church
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Mendlesham, Suffolk. The church is a grade I listed building. St Mary’s Church, Mendlesham is situated 1½ miles northwest of Layby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mendlesham and Mickfield.
Mendlesham
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mendlesham is a village in Suffolk with 1,569 inhabitants as of 2024. It lies 5 miles north east of Stowmarket and 73.135 miles from London. The place-name 'Mendlesham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Melnesham and Mundlesham. Mendlesham is situated 1½ miles northwest of Layby.
Mickfield
Hamlet
Mickfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles north-east of Stowmarket, in 2005 its population was 200. Mickfield is situated 1½ miles southeast of Layby.
Wetheringsett
Village
Wetheringsett is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located to the east of the A140, it is the largest village in the parish of Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford. Wetheringsett is situated 2 miles north of Layby.
Layby
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: street-side
- Category: transportation
- Location: Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.23364° or 52° 14′ 1″ northLongitude
1.10318° or 1° 6′ 12″ eastOpen location code
9F4364M3+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 285886796OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=street_side
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