Brampton with Stoven is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the East Suffolk district of the

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Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

. It is located south of the town of

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow fli ...

and north-east of

Halesworth Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...

, with an area of .Brampton with Stoven
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-08. The parish was formed in 1987 from the parishes of

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and

Stoven Stoven is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Brampton with Stoven, in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located approximately north east of Halesworth and south of Beccles. In 1961 the parish ...

, and the two villages are the major population centres in the parish, with Brampton the larger centre with almost all of the parishes services. It borders the parishes of

Sotterley Sotterley, originally ''Southern-lea'' from its situation south of the river, Suckling, A.I., (1846). 'Sotterley', in ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk'', 2 vols (W.S. Cowell, Ipswich 1846), Ipp. 81–96(British History Onli ...

Uggeshall Uggeshall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located approximately 6 miles (10 km) south of Beccles and 4 miles (6km) north east of Halesworth close to the A145. The mid-2005 popu ...

Sotherton Sotherton is a dispersed village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located approximately south of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth. The A145 road passes through the east of the parish ...

Westhall Westhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county Suffolk, England about north east of Halesworth, south west of Brampton and south of Beccles, close to the A145. The mid-2005 population estimate for Westh ...

Ilketshall St Andrew Ilketshall St Andrew is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is south-east of Bungay and the same distance south-west of Beccles in the East Suffolk district. St Andrew's church is one of around 40 ro ...

and

Shadingfield Shadingfield is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Beccles in the north of the county. The village is spread along a stretch of the A145 road between Beccle ...

. At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 427, down from a mid-2005 population estimate of 460.Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk

Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association. History Establ ...

, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
Archived
2008-12-19.) A 2016 estimate suggested the population had fallen further to 411. The A145 road passes north–south through the parish, linking Beccles to the A12 at

Blythburgh Blythburgh is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is west of Southwold and south-east of Halesworth and lies on the River Blyth. The A12 road runs through the village which is split e ...

to the south. The East Suffolk Line also runs north–south through the parish, with a

request stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ...

at Brampton railway station.

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