Hollesley

Hollesley
All Saints, Hollesley
Hollesley Hollesley shown within Suffolk
Population	1,581 (2011)^[1]
District	Suffolk Coastal
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Woodbridge
Postcode district	IP12 3
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°02′56″N 1°25′48″E / 52.049°N 1.430°E / 52.049; 1.430

Hollesley is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the Bawdsey peninsula five miles south-east of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 1,400 increasing to 1,581 at the 2011 Census.

Hollesley Bay Prison is located nearby. Since 2002 the prison has been repeatedly criticised for the apparently large number of escapes,^[2] which has led to the nickname "Holiday Bay".^[3]

Governance

Hollesley is part of the electoral ward called Hollesley with Eyke. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,473.^[4]

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
↑ "Hollesley Bay Prison: Prisoners Escape". 6 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
↑ Alan Travis (18 October 2002). "Archer moved to open jail in 'Holiday Bay'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
↑ "Hollesley with Eyke ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 September 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hollesley.

Village Voices: the website for Hollesley, Boyton, Capel St Andrew, Alderton and Shingle Street

Suffolk Coastal

Towns	Aldeburgh Felixstowe Leiston Orford Saxmundham Woodbridge

Civil parishes	Alderton Aldringham cum Thorpe Badingham Bawdsey Benhall Blaxhall Blythburgh Boulge Boyton Bramfield Brandeston Bredfield Brightwell Bromeswell Bruisyard Bucklesham Burgh Butley Campsea Ashe Capel St Andrew Charsfield Chediston Chillesford Clopton Cookley Cransford Cratfield Cretingham Culpho Dallinghoo Darsham Debach Dennington Dunwich Earl Soham Easton Eyke Falkenham Farnham Foxhall Framlingham Friston Gedgrave Great Bealings Great Glemham Grundisburgh Hacheston Hasketon Hemley Heveningham Hollesley Hoo Huntingfield Iken Kelsale cum Carlton Kesgrave Kettleburgh Kirton Knodishall Letheringham Levington Linstead Magna Linstead Parva Little Bealings Little Glemham Marlesford Martlesham Melton Middleton Monewden Nacton Newbourne Otley Parham Peasenhall Pettistree Playford Purdis Farm Ramsholt Rendham Rendlesham Rushmere St Andrew Saxtead Shottisham Sibton Snape Sternfield Stratford St Andrew Stratton Hall Sudbourne Sutton Sweffling Swilland Theberton Thorington Trimley St Martin Trimley St Mary Tuddenham St Martin Tunstall Ubbeston Ufford Walberswick Waldringfield Walpole Wantisden Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet Westerfield Westleton Wickham Market Witnesham Yoxford

Other settlements	Aldringham Sizewell Thorpeness Walton

See also: Listed buildings Local elections

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