Bentley, Suffolk

Not to be confused with Great Bentley.

Bentley
St Mary's parish church
Bentley Bentley shown within Suffolk
Population	776 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SM1136
Civil parish	Bentley
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP9
Dialling code	01473
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
Website	Bentley Village in Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk

Coordinates: 51°59′28″N 1°04′08″E / 51.991°N 1.069°E / 51.991; 1.069

Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Ipswich. The 2011 Census recorded the population as 776.^[1]

Bentley has a Church of England parish church,^[2] a Reformed Baptist church,^[3] a Church of England primary school,^[4] a pub,^[5] a village hall^[6] and a riding school.^[7] In 2015, a Community Interest Company was formed to open a shop in the village, the new Bentley Stores is due to open in summer of 2016.^[8]

Bentley has a parish council.^[9] It has also a forum called Bentley Free Speech ^[10] that comments on matters relating to the parish council and other village issues.. There also an alternative news site called Bentley News ^[11] which is managed by a local resident.

The Eastern Union Railway was built through the parish and opened in 1849. Bentley railway station was about ¹⁄₂ mile (800 m) east of the village, and served the area until British Railways closed it in 1966. The railway is now the Great Eastern Main Line.

There used to be motorcycle scrambles events on farmland beside the primary school, which attracted crowds of spectators.

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Babergh

Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh

Civil parishes	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland with Wissington Nedging with Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke by Nayland Stratford St Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone

Other settlements	Ash Street Audley End Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Burstallhill Bury Road, Lawshall Calais Street Castling's Heath Chelsworth Common Cock Street Cornard Tye Cuckoo Tye Drakestone Green East End Fenstead End Gipsy Row Gosling Green Hadleigh Heath Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane, Lawshall Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Lower Holbrook Lower Raydon Mill Green Naughton Nayland Nedging Nedging Tye Newman's Green Parliament Heath Polstead Heath Priory Green Rooksey Green Rose Green, Lindsey Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Smithwood Green Swingleton Green Sherbourne Street Shop Corner Stackyard Green Stone Street Tattingstone White Horse The Street, Lawshall Thorington Street Upper Somerton Washmere Green Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Wissington Washbrook Washbrook Street White Street Green Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green

Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints Church Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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