Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England.[1] 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.
Westerfield | |
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![]() Westerfield, Church of St Mary Magdalene | |
Location within Suffolk | |
Area | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
Population | 442 (2011) |
• Density | 144/km2 (370/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TM1747 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | IPSWICH |
Postcode district | IP6 |
Dialling code | 01473 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Amenities
editWesterfield has two public houses, The Swan in northern Westerfield[2] and The Westerfield Railway in the south.[3] Both serve meals and contribute much to local social activity.
Central Westerfield has a village green adjacent to the medieval parish Church of St Mary Magdalene,[4][5] where the East Anglian cleric and Hebrew scholar Cyprian Thomas Rust (1808–1895) is among those buried.[6] It has fine stained glass windows, of which St Mary of Magdala was designed by William Morris.[4]
Population
editThe population of Westerfield with Culpho was estimated at 486 in 2019[7] and measured at 442 in the 2011 Census.[8]
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