Holbrook, Suffolk

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title: "Holbrook, Suffolk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["holbrook,-suffolk", "villages-in-suffolk", "civil-parishes-in-suffolk", "babergh-district"] description: "Village in Suffolk, England" topic_path: "general/holbrook-suffolk" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbrook,_Suffolk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Suffolk, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Holbrook
country	England
region	East of England
coordinates
post_town	Ipswich
postcode_area	IP
postcode_district	IP9
shire_district	Babergh
shire_county	Suffolk
hide_services	Yes
population	2,180
population_ref	(2011)
static_image_name	All Saints, Holbrook - geograph.org.uk - 119720.jpg
static_image_caption	All Saints' Church, Holbrook
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Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the River Stour, in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley Peninsula in Babergh district, around 5 miles south of the centre of Ipswich.

To the south of the village is the Royal Hospital School, which moved to this site in 1933 after having been housed at Greenwich Hospital since 1693.

Lower Holbrook is a hamlet between the villages of Holbrook and Harkstead.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,467.

Facilities

The village has one pub called the Swan (there was another pub called the Compasses but it closed during lockdown and never reopened), a Co-op store, a butcher, an art gallery, and a village hall. The area is served by a primary school and Holbrook Academy, which shares a site with the Dr Letman Sports Centre. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade II* listed building. The village also has Methodist church.

History

During the Battle of Britain, a German military aircraft crashed into a field on the outskirts of the village. Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a Messerschmitt. Another account possibly shows it crashed into Holbrook Bay instead.

Notable people

• Frederick Fryer (1849-1917), first-class cricketer, was born in the village.

• Griff Rhys Jones Welsh actor, comedian, writer and television presenter and his wife Jo Jones also own a house in Holbrook.

References

References

1. "Parish population 2011".
2. Philip's Street Atlas Suffolk, 2007 edition. p. 106.
3. "Ward population 2011".
4. "Home".
5. "Village Hall".
6. "Suffolk Churches". suffolkchurches.co.uk.
7. Stuff, Good. "Church of All Saints, Holbrook, Suffolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
8. "Holbrook". eamethodist.org.uk.
9. (2004-02-02). "Historian in bomber appeal".

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