Rushmere is an area and former

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 authorit ...

in Suffolk, England and lies adjacent to the town of

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 ...

, in the

district. In 1901 the parish had a population of 601. In 1894 the parish of

Rushmere St Andrew Rushmere St Andrew is a village, civil parish and electoral ward adjacent to part of the eastern edge of the borough of Ipswich in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes most of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Ipswi ...

was created from the rural part of the parish, on 25 March 1903 the parish was abolished to form Ipswich.

Economy

The village has two churches (Church of England, and Baptist), two rugby clubs, and a village hall. The village is surrounded by fields and there are many routes into the Fynn Valley. Most of Rushmere is on one road, Rushmere Road. The boundary between Rushmere St Andrew and Ipswich runs along part of Humber Doucy Lane, which leads to the neighbouring village of

Westerfield Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England. It lies about two miles north of the centre of Ipswich in the East Suffolk District, and is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich– Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Amenities Westerfie ...

Sport and leisure

Rushmere has a Non-League football club

Ipswich Wanderers F.C. Ipswich Wanderers Football Club is a association football, football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at Humber Doucy Lane in Rushmere, Ipswich, Rushmere. History The club was established as an ...

who play at Humber Doucy Lane.

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Ipswich Districts Former civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub