Blundeston
Sign in to saveBlundeston is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of Lowestoft, south of Great Yarmouth and around inland from the North Sea coast. It is part of the area known as Lothingland in the East Suffolk district. Blundeston Prison was located on the southern edge of the village but closed in early 2014.
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Place details
- Locality
- East Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Blundeston
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 1510544.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Mary
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 6
- UK place.population
- 1,637
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM516974
- UK place.post_town
- Lowestoft
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR32
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- East Suffolk
- Population
- +1637
- Image
- Blundeston - Church of St Mary.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Culture and community
- Blundeston Prison
- Notable residents
- Notes
- References
- External links
Blundeston is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of Lowestoft, south of Great Yarmouth and around inland from the North Sea coast. It is part of the area known as Lothingland in the East Suffolk district. Blundeston Prison was located on the southern edge of the village but closed in early 2014.
The parish had a population of 1,637 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. It extends from the River Waveney, which marks the county border with Norfolk, in the west to the A47 road in the east. It borders the Suffolk parishes of Corton, Flixton, Oulton, Lound and Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet as well as the Norfolk parish of Burgh St Peter across the Waveney. The parish council is operated jointly with the sparsely populated parish of Flixton to the south.