Welcome to the Hinderclay Parish Council website

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The Parish Council Meeting scheduled for Thursday 9th July will now take place on Thursday 23rd July.  

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Hinderclay is a relatively small and sparsely populated rural parish with a diverse population. It is situated in a quiet part of north Suffolk on its border adjoining Norfolk.

It has an active village hall, the fishing lakes and its own fen nature reserve which is crossed by the long distance footpath, the Angles Way, and is now managed as part of the Little Ouse Headwaters Project.

The Parish Church of St Mary is of Norman origin dating from 1128. Near the centre on the village is the old village school - now converted into housing - and to the south, Hinderclay Hall with its traditional barns and former walled garden.

In the past there was also a Methodist Chapel, a windmill, a post office, an engineering works and two pubs, The Bell and The Crown.

The village was recorded in Domesday as "Hilderclea", from the Anglo-Saxon for "tongue of land in a river where the elder grew".

Whether you live locally, are thinking of moving to Hinderclay or are a visitor, we hope you will find the information on our website useful.