Woolpit

Woolpit
Woolpit
	Church of St Mary
	Woolpit Location within Suffolk
OS grid reference	TL973624
District	Mid Suffolk;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP30
	List of places UK England Suffolk 52°13′28″N 0°53′19″E / 52.22444°N 0.88861°E

Woolpit (/ˈwʊlpɪt/ WUUL-pit^[1]) is a village in the English county of Suffolk, midway between the towns of Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket. In 2011 Woolpit parish had a population of 1,995.^[2] It is notable for the 12th-century legend of the green children of Woolpit and for its parish church, which has especially fine medieval woodwork. Administratively Woolpit is a civil parish, part of the district of Mid Suffolk.

^ The Oxford English Dictionary. Vol. 20 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989. p. 524.
^ Action with Communities in Rural England (2013). "Rural Community Profile for Woolpit (Parish)" (PDF). www.woolpit.org. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

Woolpit
Church of St Mary
Woolpit Location within Suffolk
OS grid reference	TL973624
District	Mid Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP30
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°13′28″N 0°53′19″E / 52.22444°N 0.88861°E / 52.22444; 0.88861