Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Mid Suffolk · Region: Eastern
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| Place | Woolpit |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Mid Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.224626 |
| Longitude | 0.888237 |
| Place Type | Village |
Woolpit, a village in Mid Suffolk, breathes a quiet continuity of English countryside. It lies 8.4 km west-north-west of Stowmarket (from Stowmarket: bearing 298°T, OS grid TL 973 624), and is situated north-north-west of Woolpit Green village. The land here, a gentle sweep of arable fields, often catches the low sun in a way that imbues the air with a soft, honeyed light, a quality that has likely bathed the ancient church of St Mary for centuries. Woolpit's most enduring tale, the legend of the green children, whispers of a time when the world felt more fluid, a notion that still seems to cling to the very soil, a faint echo in the rustle of the wind through the hedgerows. The village green, a generous expanse, offers a sense of communal gathering, its grass worn smooth by generations of footsteps, a quiet testament to enduring community.
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Explore Woolpit, Suffolk, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.224626, 0.888237. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |