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Felixstowe
Sign in to saveFelixstowe ( ) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. Felixstowe is approximately northeast of London.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.official_name
- Felixstowe
- UK place.static_image_name
- Felixstowe beach huts.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Felixstowe beach
- UK place.population
- 24,521
- UK place.population_ref
- (East Suffolk estimate, 2017)
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- East Suffolk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Felixstowe
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Suffolk Coastal
- UK place.post_town
- FELIXSTOWE
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP11
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01394
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM306345
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Article
34 sectionsContents
- History
- Landguard Fort
- Museum
- Pier
- Railway stations
- Transport
- Shipping
- Ferries
- Railway
- Buses and coaches
- Governance
- Landmarks
- Healthcare
- The Herman de Stern Convalescent Home
- Tourism
- Sport
- Leisure facilities
- Parks
- Langer Park
- Coronation Recreation (Sports) Ground
- The Grove and Eastward Ho
- Felixstowe Skatepark
- Allenby Park
- Seaton Park (Harpers)
- Clifftops
- Churches
- Media
- Offshore radio
- Literature
- Notable residents
- Actors
- Twin towns
- References
- External links
Felixstowe ( ) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. Felixstowe is approximately northeast of London.
==History== There are competing theories as to how the name of Felixstowe arose. One is that the town is named after Felix of Burgundy, a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles in the seventh century, although this is unlikely as the name Felixstowe is not recorded for almost 900 years. An alternative etymology is from the Anglo-Saxon or Old English name "Filicia" and "stōw", meaning a place of location. Literally Filicia's place. The earliest recorded names "Filchestou" from 1254, and "Filchestowe" in 1291 support this idea. It is possible that the later reworking of Filicia/Filche was made with the intention of referencing Felix of Burgundy.