Bacton, Suffolk

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 52.26
longitude=01.00
official_name =Bacton
population = 1200
shire_district= Mid Suffolk
shire_county= Suffolk
metropolitan_borough=
metropolitan_county =
region=East of England
constituency_westminster= Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market
post_town= Stowmarket
postcode_district = IP14
postcode_area=
dial_code= 01449
os_grid_reference= TM0567

Bacton is a Civil Parish and village in Suffolk, England about 8 km north of Stowmarket. Bacton Middle school is located just outside the village in Wyverstone Green. The village appears as 'Bachetuna' in the Domesday Book.

Facilities include a lively pub, the Bull; twelfth Century Church featuring a medieval wall painting; Christian Rest Home for the elderly; two schools, primary and middle; a village hall built at the end of the nineteenth century; an active bowls club; football club with a large number of teams, and a local Scout group. On Shop Green in the centre of the village is a general store and post office, and a garage for servicing, repairs and petrol ( [http://www.lambertsservicestation.co.uk Lamberts Service Station] ). On the Northern outskirts is a car dealership also selling country clothing and Steiff collectable teddybears, and Finbow's Yard, home to a wide mix of businesses.

The village straddles the London to Norwich railway line, but the village station was closed in the Beeching cuts of the sixties but rail access to London via Stowmarket in 80 minutes has encouraged an influx of commuters into what was previously a very localised community. The village is served by the 456 bus route which calls in once every other hour (Monday to Saturday) on its way between Stowmarket and Diss, six days a week. Larger modern housing exists alongside typical Suffolk cottage type property.

The parish of Bacton includes the village, the adjoining hamlet of Earl's Green and the outlying settlements of Bacton Green, Canham's Green, Cow Green and Ford's Green. Together with Tailor's Green and Shop Green within Bacton village, the parish has seven registered village greens. A steering committee has begun work on producing a Parish Plan.

External links

* [http://www.bacton.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bacton Parish Council website]
* [http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/bactonparishplan/ Bacton Parish Plan website]