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Coordinates: 52°08′53″N 1°18′22″E / 52.148°N 1.306°E / 52.148; 1.306

Charsfield
Church of St Peter, Charsfield
Charsfield  Charsfield shown within Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of approximately 250 residents, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Wickham market, 7 miles (11 km) miles from Woodbridge and 12 miles (19 km) miles from Ipswich and is located near the villages of Debach and Dallinghoo. A Civil Parish in East Anglia, Charsfield was famously used as one of the key locations in the 1974 film Akenfield, based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by the historian Ronald Blythe (1969). Charsfield hosted the first Greenbelt festival - an annual festival of arts, faith and justice - on a pig farm just outside the village over the August 1974 bank holiday weekend. Famous Charsfield residents include Charles Webb, a respected Victorian architect and Peggy Cole, a frequent speaker on BBC's Radio Suffolk.

Local facilities include:

• Charsfield Primary School, (linked to St Peter's church). Famous Alumni of the school include Charlotte Greig, (a British novelist, singer and song-writer).
• St Peter's Church (Church of England)
• Baptist Chapel
• Charsfield village hall
• Garage
• Charsfield recreation ground
• Three Horse Shoes Pub

External links

• Charsfield village web site
• New Charsfield Village Hall Web site
• Charsfield School website
• GENUKI
• Tourist Information
• CEVCP Admisions information
• Three Horse Shoes Pub