Charsfield
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Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of approximately 250 residents, 3 miles from Wickham market, 7 miles from Woodbridge and 12 miles from Ipswich. located near the villages of Debach and Dallinghoo. A Civil Parish in East Anglia, Charsfield was famously used as one of the key locations in the 1974 film Akenfield, (based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by the historian Ronald Blythe (1969). Charsfield is also the home of the Greenbelt festival - an annual Christian festival of music, art and faith, started by Ken Frampton, James Holloway, and Jim Palosaari, on a pig farm just outside the village over the August 1974 bank holiday weekend. Famous Charsfield residents include; Charles Webb a respected Victorian architect and Peggy Cole, a frequent speaker on BBC's Radio Suffolk.
Local facilities include:
- Charsfield CEVCP Primary School, (linked to the Church of England St Peter's Church). Famous Alumni include Charlotte Greig, (a British novelist, singer and song-writer).
- St Peter's Church (Church of England)
- Baptist Chapel
- Charsfield Village Hall
- Garage
- Charsfield Recreation ground
- Three Horse Shoes Pub
[edit] External links
- New Charsfield Village Hall Web site
- Old School website
- GENUKI
- Tourist Information
- CEVCP Admisions information
- Three Horse Shoes Pub
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