Higham, Western Suffolk
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| Higham | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 Higham St Stephen | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL744646 |
| Location: | 52°15’10"N, 0°33’18"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 156 |
| Post town: | Bury St. Edmunds |
| Postcode: | IP28 |
| Dialling code: | 01638 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Suffolk |
Higham is a village in the west of Suffolk, to be found midway between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket. The latter town, the nation's greatest centre of horse racing, is of some influence as the gallops from Newmarket come out to nearby Kentford, on the Cambridgeshire boundary.
It is split into three parts or hamlets: Upper Green, Middle Green and Lower Green. Between them they still have a small population, counted at 140 inhabitants in all in 2005. Nevertheless, until the Beeching Axe the village was served by its own railway station Higham Station.
The village church, St Stephen, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Higham, Western Suffolk) |
- Higham village
- Higham St Stephen on round-tower churches
