Worlingham is a village and

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in the East Suffolk district of the

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. It is about east 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 fl ...

, with the two places effectively joined to form one urban area. At the 2011 census it had a population of 3,745; the combined population of

and Worlingham is 13,868. The parish has increased in population in recent years due to the development of suburban housing areas within the built up area, going up by over 13% between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.''Draft Worlingham Neighbourhood Plan 2020–2036'', January 2021. Worlingham is around west of

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and south-east of the major city of

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The parish is bordered to the north by the River Waveney and northern sections form part of

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National Park area. The Ipswich to Lowestoft railway line passes through this area, with the nearest railway station at

. Other than Beccles, the parish borders the parishes of

North Cove North Cove is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is part of the East Suffolk district, located around east of Beccles and west of Lowestoft. It merges with the village of Barnby and the villages sha ...

Mutford Mutford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk District of the English county of Suffolk. The village is south-west of Lowestoft and south-east of Beccles in a rural area. The parish borders Barnby, Carlton Colville, Gisleham, Ru ...

Ellough Ellough is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk, located approximately south-east of Beccles. The area is sparsely populated with a mid-2005 population estimate of 40. The parish, which has an area of , ...

and

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. To the north the parish of

Aldeby Aldeby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles (8 km) by road from Beccles. History The name Al ...

lies across the River Waveney in Norfolk. The A146 Beccles bypass, built during the 1980s, passes through the parish whilst the A145 Beccles southern relief road runs along the parish's eastern and southern borders. Parts of the

Beccles Airfield Beccles Airfield, also known as Beccles Airport or Beccles Aerodrome , is located in Ellough, southeast of Beccles in the English county of Suffolk. Built during the second world war, it has operated as a heliport servicing the North Sea oil a ...

site along the A145 are located within the parish; these are used for a variety of industrial uses, including the printing works of William Clowes which relocated from Beccles in the early 21st century.

Community facilities

Worlingham has a limited range of shops including a local grocery and sub-post office, hairdresser, fish and chip shop, pharmacy and small newsagent. There are a number of parks.Worlingham Parish Plan
Worlingham Parish Council, April 2009. Retrieved 2016-08-31. The local church, which is approximately 900 years old, is dedicated to All Saints.

Worlingham Hall Worlingham Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Worlingham, to the east of Beccles in the English county of Suffolk. The hall was built in the 18th century, possibly based on an earlier 17th century house, and as of 2014 is a countr ...

is an 18th-century country house now converted to a country house hotel. Worlingham CofEVC Primary School serves the village and children attend Sir John Leman High School in

from age 11. A community steering group has been created to bring life back into the village by giving the local children and teenagers places to go and do activities. House prices in Worlingham are some of the highest in the northern area of East Suffolk District (formerly Waveney District).

References

External links

Entry in Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892Parish Council Homepage
Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Waveney District {{Suffolk-geo-stub