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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...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It is in the Mid Suffolk
Mid Suffolk
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Needham Market, and the largest town is Stowmarket.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket urban district, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and...
District and part of the East of England
East of England
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
Region of England. Stradbroke is near to the small Suffolk town of Eye
Eye, Suffolk
Eye is a small market town in the county of Suffolk, East Anglia, England, south of Diss, and on the River Dove.Eye is twinned with the town of Pouzauges in the Vendée Departement of France.-History:An island...
and the larger Norfolk market town of Diss
Diss
Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.The town lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere that covers . The mere is up to deep, although there is another of mud, making it one of the deepest natural inland lakes...
. It has a population of around 1330 (mid 2005).
Stradbroke is midway between Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
and 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...
and within easy driving distance of the Suffolk coastal towns of Southwold
Southwold
Southwold is a town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around south of Lowestoft and north-east...
and Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the River Alde, the town is notable for its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts where freshly caught fish are sold daily, and the Aldeburgh Yacht Club...
. By train from Diss
Diss
Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.The town lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere that covers . The mere is up to deep, although there is another of mud, making it one of the deepest natural inland lakes...
it is an hour and a half to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.It has a Mon-Sat bus service. Sunday service withdrawn and most routes as of the 1st April. For a full list
look at the page List of bus routes in Central Suffolk
The village is the centre of a working rural community set amidst quiet rolling countryside. It has a Post Office, 3 pubs, convenience store, a library, butcher, baker, a swimming pool and gym, playing fields, community centre, doctors surgery and numerous social and sporting activities. The village has a traditional primary school and a secondary school.
There is an annual Real Ale and Jazz Festival held on the weekend after the May Day Bank Holiday at the Queen's Head public house until 2010. This event attracts visitors from East Anglia and further afield.
The village also used to host a more unusual event on the last Saturday in July known as Navy Day. This mourns the end of the Royal Navy's rum ration and as part of the celebrations a tot of rum is processed around the village. Quite how a Suffolk village some 18 miles from the sea has come to host such a celebrartion has been the topic of an interesting post on the Village Website Forums. The last Navy Day was held in 2007.
Stradbroke also has its own Radio Station called Radio Stradbroke which broadcasts live events over the Internet and podcasts for download, this started in Easter 2006 with the broadcast of Marty's Go-Go Roadshow from the Queens Head pub in the village to hundreds of listeners around the world.
Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College
Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College
Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College is a state-funded secondary school for 11-16 year-olds in Stradbroke, Suffolk, United Kingdom. With just 346 students on roll it is the smallest Business and Enterprise College...
is the smallest secondary school in Suffolk and one of the smallest in England with only some 360 pupils. Previously known as Stradbroke High School, in October 2004 it made a successful application to become a Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...
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