Official Name: | Brampton with Stoven |
Country: | England |
Region: | East of England |
Static Image Name: | The Old Brampton Dog Public House.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The former Dog Public House in Brampton |
Area Total Km2: | 12 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population: | 427 |
Os Grid Reference: | TM495860 |
Coordinates: | 52.387°N 1.573°W |
Post Town: | Beccles |
Postcode Area: | NR |
Postcode District: | NR34 |
Dial Code: | 01502 |
Constituency Westminster: | Suffolk Coastal |
Shire District: | East Suffolk |
Shire County: | Suffolk |
Hide Services: | Yes |
Brampton with Stoven is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located 6miles south of the town of Beccles and 4miles north-east of Halesworth, with an area of 12km2.[1] [2] The parish was formed in 1987 from the parishes of Brampton and Stoven,[3] and the two villages are the major population centres in the parish, with Brampton the larger centre with almost all of the parishes services.[2] It borders the parishes of Sotterley, Uggeshall, Sotherton, Westhall, Ilketshall St Andrew and Shadingfield.[1]
At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 427, down from a mid-2005 population estimate of 460.[1] [4] A 2016 estimate suggested the population had fallen further to 411.[2]
The A145 road passes north–south through the parish, linking Beccles to the A12 at Blythburgh to the south. The East Suffolk Line also runs north–south through the parish, with a request stop at Brampton railway station.[2]