Little Bealings is a village in

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 ...

, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. The population had fallen to 420 at the 2011 Census. Its nearest towns are

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

( away) and Woodbridge ( away). Nearby villages include

Great Bealings Great Bealings is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has about 302 people living in it in around 113 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich ( away) and Woodbridge (). Nearby villages include Little Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Has ...

, Playford,

Culpho Culpho (pronounced Cul-fo) is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, about northeast of the centre of Ipswich and west of Woodbridge. Culpho's population is less than 100, so the Office for National Statistic ...

, Martlesham and

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. The village contains a school, a

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and a meeting room called the Angela Cobbold Memorial Hall. Its pub, the Admiral's Head, closed on 20 July 2012. Until 1956 the village had an active

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

. This was closed as part of the 1950s rail closure programme,

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prior to the

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. The station is now used a
commercial office premises
The railway line running through the station remains active, as part of the Ipswich to Lowestoft line, and crosses the main street at an automatic

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...

. Little Bealings' church is All Saints, part of a shared

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with Great Bealings, Playford and Culpho. The Grove, an old house and estate in the village, was the childhood home of

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, the curator, critic, and great friend of

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Gallery

Image:LittleBealingsChurch.JPG, All Saints church Image:AdmiralsHead.JPG, The Admiral's Head

Public House A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...

Image:BealingsStation.jpg, Bealings railway station Image:BealingsSchool.JPG, Bealings school

References

External links

Little Bealings Parish CouncilBealings school
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