Brampton, Suffolk
| Brampton | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's, Brampton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM435822 |
| Location: | 52°22’55"N, 1°34’48"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Beccles |
| Postcode: | NR34 |
| Dialling code: | 01502 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
Brampton is a village in Suffolk, some four miles northeast of Halesworth and five miles south of Beccles. Stoven is located just to the east, Uggeshall to the south-east and Shadingfield to the north.
The village has its own railway station, which lies about 1½ miles away from the village, on the Ipswich to Lowestoft "East Suffolk Line". The village is on the A145 road between Beccles and Blythburgh.
Parish church
The parish church, a fine flint-built construction, is dedicated to St Peter.[1] It was built in the thirteenth century, possibly on an earlier church site. Its tower was added in the fifteenth century. Inside, the local Leman family are honoured on several monuments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The church is surrounded by a blossoming churchyard full of wildflowers.
Events
The Latitude music festival takes place at Henham Park 3 miles south of Brampton.
