Quick links
Hawstead on film:
To watch a short video made by Andy and Janet Taplin in support of our bid for Suffolk Village of the Year (2014), visit our Picture Gallery page.
Village information:
Visit our Documents page where you'll also find previous copies of the Village Voice and its predecessor, The Hawstead Journal.
Upcoming parish council and community council meetings. For all other village events and updates, take a look at our Events page.
Parish council meetings:
Parish Council meetings are held on the second Thursday of January, March, May, July, September and November in the village hall at 7.30pm. The agenda will be posted here a few days before each meeting
All Saints, Hawstead
Services take place as follows:
St Peter, Nowton
Services take place as follows:
Dates and times of all benefice services can be found on the noticeboard at All Saints, Hawstead.
You can also visit the website: A Church Near You from the Church of England.
Please note that archive material posted onto the website before 25 May 2018 may include limited personal data for which consent to publication has not been given.
This website is maintained by local volunteers, for which thanks.
Any enquiries regarding this website can be addressed to Hawstead Parish Council.
E-mail
clerk@hawstead-pc.gov.uk
Also on the Contacts page you'll find MAPS!
Our Village
Hawstead is a small village in Suffolk, England and as an administrative parish, covers an area of 2,335 acres (945 hectares). It is located 3 miles (5 km.) south of Bury St. Edmunds between the B1066 and A134 roads, in a fork formed by the River Lark and a small tributary. The neighbouring villages are (working clockwise from North: Nowton, Great Whelnetham, Stanningfield, Lawshall, Whepstead and Horringer.