Official Name: | Middleton |
Country: | England |
Region: | East of England |
Coordinates: | 52.2548°N 1.5585°W |
Population: | 343 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Post Town: | Saxmundham |
Postcode Area: | IP |
Postcode District: | IP17 |
Shire County: | Suffolk |
Hide Services: | Yes |
Static Image Name: | Middleton Village - geograph.org.uk - 1442422.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Middleton Village |
Middleton is a village in the east of the English county of Suffolk. It is located approximately 3miles north-west of Leiston, 5miles north east of Saxmundham and 3miles from the Suffolk coast.[1] The village is on the B1122 around 2miles east of Yoxford and had a population of 359 at the 2001 census,[2] falling to 343 at the 2011 Census.[3]
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.[4] The village has one pub, the Bell Inn owned by Adnams Brewery,[5] and until the last decade the village had a post office. The nearest post office now is located in the village of Westleton. There is also a park and a yearly village fête.
Middleton Primary School currently caters for children aged 5 to 11 years old, and works in partnership with Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary School in Yoxford and Southwold Primary School in Southwold. The three schools make up the Yoxford Valley Partnership of Schools. [6]
Translator Michael Hamburger lived in the village until his death in 2007.[7]