Rushmere St. Andrew is a village and civil parish

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...

 adjacent to part of the eastern edge of the borough of Ipswich in the Suffolk Coastal

Suffolk Coastal

Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Woodbridge. Other towns include Felixstowe.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe,...

 district of 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

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. The parish includes the Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

 suburbs of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Broke Hall as well as the village of Rushmere St. Andrew, from which it draws its name.

Rushmere Common

Rushmere Common

Rushmere Common

Rushmere Common is common land situated on the east of Ipswich mainly within the parish of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England. It is predominately heathland, gorse, woodland and hosts a golf course...

, also known locally as Rushmere heath is a large area of common land which dominates much of the south-east of the parish. Home to the Rushmere Golf Club and bordered by Playford Road, Heath Road and the Broke Hall Estate the common is an area enjoyed by walkers and cyclists alike who take advantage of its wide open spaces and footpaths including the Sandhills Walk which starts on the common and ends in Southwold 60 miles away on the north Suffolk coast.

Sport

The village is home to a number of sports clubs and associations and was for many years a base for a number of the sports and social clubs of local businesses such as Willis

Willis Group Holdings

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(now Rushmere Sports Club) and Crane

Crane Co.

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 Fluid Systems Sports and Social Club which is in turn now part of the Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

training and academy complex. Ipswich Rugby Club and Ipswich YM Rugby Club are also in the parish along with Ipswich Wanderers Football Club.