Eye | |
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Location within Suffolk | |
Population | 2,210 (2021)[1] |
OS grid reference | TM144739 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | EYE |
Postcode district | IP23 |
Dialling code | 01379 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Eye (/ˈaɪ/) is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Diss, 17.5 miles (28 km) north of Ipswich and 23 miles (37 km) south-west of Norwich. The population in the 2011 census of 2,154 was estimated to be 2,361 in 2019 and updated to 2,210 following the 2021 census.[2] It lies close to the River Waveney, which forms the border with Norfolk, and on the River Dove. Eye is twinned with the town of Pouzauges in the Vendée department of France.