Holbrook, Suffolk

Holbrook
All Saints' Church, Holbrook
Holbrook is located in Suffolk
Holbrook
Holbrook
Location within Suffolk
Population2,180 (2011)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIpswich
Postcode districtIP9
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
51°59′02″N 1°09′32″E / 51.984°N 1.159°E / 51.984; 1.159
The old watermill

Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the River Stour, in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley Peninsula in Babergh district, around 5 miles (8 km) south of the centre of Ipswich.

To the south of the village is the Royal Hospital School, which moved to this site in 1933 after having been housed at Greenwich Hospital since 1693.

Lower Holbrook is a hamlet between the villages of Holbrook and Harkstead.[2]

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. ^ Philip's Street Atlas Suffolk, 2007 edition. p. 106.