| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Herringswell |
| Coordinates: | 52.3012°N 0.5162°W |
| Population: | 290 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Shire District: | West Suffolk |
| Shire County: | Suffolk |
| Region: | East of England |
| Constituency Westminster: | West Suffolk |
| Post Town: | Bury St Edmunds |
| Postcode District: | IP28 |
| Postcode Area: | IP |
| Static Image: | Herringswell Church - geograph.org.uk - 42019.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | St Ethelbert's Church, Herringswell |
Herringswell is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 190.[1] In 2007 there were 128 voters there.[2]
It is 6miles from Newmarket.[2]
In 2006 a village council successfully opposed the development of a proposed stadium, Watermark, by combining its advocacy with those of four surrounding communities.[2]
Herringswell Manor is located in the community. The Abbot of Bury St Edmunds originally owned the land, and by the early 20th century it was the country house of a Blackheath, London family, of businessperson Arthur Ballance and his wife's family, the Peeks. The Ballances/Peeks lived in the mock-Tudor manor house built in 1901. In 1965 the property was bought for £35,000 to be an American-style-curriculum boarding school for children of U.S. & Canadian families who were working internationally.[3] In 1981 the property was sold to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ashram. Herringswell residents formed a council when they deemed the ashram to be gaining too much influence. The Shi-Tennoji School in UK, a Japanese Buddhist boarding school, was in operation there beginning in 1985[2] and ending on 17 July 2000.[4] The former campus includes the Herringswell Manor, built in 1901. The school closed due to declining student figures.[5] The manor house as well as the other buildings on the property have now been converted into flats.[2]