Wrentham, Suffolk

Wrentham
Wrentham Village Pound
Wrentham is located in Suffolk
Wrentham
Wrentham
Location within Suffolk
Population966 (Including Covehithe 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTM498826
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBeccles
Postcode districtNR34
Dialling code01502
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°23′02″N 1°40′08″E / 52.384°N 1.669°E / 52.384; 1.669

Wrentham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the north-east of the English county of Suffolk. It is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the North Sea coast on the A12 trunk road, about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Lowestoft, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Southwold and 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Beccles.

The village has several shops, two pubs and a village hall. The parish church is located to the west of the village, and near to it is the old circular brick animal pound, used in the 18th and 19th centuries to contain stray animals rounded up in the parish.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 September 2015.