Towns & cities · East of England
Hoxne
Hoxne — village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Diss · 5.8 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Hoxne is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 813 people. Address: IP21. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.3500°, 1.2000°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Hoxne ( HOK-sən) is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles (8 km) east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the River Waveney. The parish is irregularly shaped, covering the villages of Hoxne, Cross Street and Heckfield Green, with a 'tongue' extending southwards to take in part of the former RAF Horham airfield. In 2011 the parish had a population of 889. In geology, Hoxne gives its name to the Hoxnian Stage, a British regional subdivision of the Pleistocene Epoch.
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Background
Description
The area around the village is of significant archaeological importance, as the find-spot of the Hoxne Hoard of Roman treasure, very early finds of handaxes and as the type site for the Hoxnian Stage ("Hoxnian Interglacial"). In 1797, John Frere (1740-1807) found flint hand tools twelve feet deep in Hoxne Brick Pit, and he was the first person to recognise ancient tools as being man-made. One of his hand axes is in the British Museum. His letter to the Society of Antiquaries, read on 22 June 1797 and published in the Society's journal Archaeologia in 1800, argued for the antiquity of these handaxes as "even beyond the present world," in a period now recognised as belonging to the Lower…
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- Coordinates
- 52.3500, 1.2000
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Parish
- Hoxne
- Postcode
- IP21
- Parliamentary constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Population
- 813
- Nearest railway station
- Diss — 5.8 km
- Official site
- neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q239776 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hoxne (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Village Hall, Hoxne - geograph.org.uk - 789470.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hoxne?
- Hoxne is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP21), in the parish of Hoxne.
- Is Hoxne a protected site?
- Yes — Hoxne is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Hoxne free to visit?
- Yes, Hoxne is free to enter.
- How do I get to Hoxne?
- The nearest railway station is Diss, about 5.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IP21.