Little Waldingfield
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Little Waldingfield is a village and civil parish
in Suffolk
, England
. Located two miles from its sister village, Great Waldingfield
, it is part of the Babergh
district, and includes the hamlet of Humble Green
.
Around half the village is a designated conservation area
, and the parish also contains part of the Milden Thicks SSSI
and two of the sources
of the River Box.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Located two miles from its sister village, Great Waldingfield
Great Waldingfield
Great Waldingfield is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England about two miles north-east of Sudbury and two miles south-west of its sister village, Little Waldingfield. The village is split into two separate parts; the older and smaller part around the St...
, it is part of the Babergh
Babergh
Babergh is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council headquarters is based in Hadleigh, whilst its largest town is Sudbury.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Sudbury, Hadleigh urban district, Cosford Rural District, Melford Rural District and...
district, and includes the hamlet of Humble Green
Humble Green
Humble Green is a hamlet in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish of Little Waldingfield in the Babergh district, and is located on the B1115 road between Sudbury and Monks Eleigh.-Location grid:...
.
Around half the village is a designated conservation area
Conservation area
A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...
, and the parish also contains part of the Milden Thicks SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
and two of the sources
Source (river or stream)
The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the place from which the water in the river or stream originates.-Definition:There is no universally agreed upon definition for determining a stream's source...
of the River Box.
External links
- Village website
- St Lawrence's Church Suffolk Churches