Welcome to Playford
Playford
lies in the picturesque Fynn Valley about midway between Ipswich to the
South West and Woodbridge to the North East. The village is home to around
200 people, who share the tranquillity of the surrounding green valley,
water meadows and ancient woodlands.
St Mary's Church stands sentinel on a small rise to the north east of the village, and in the churchyard there is a memorial to Thomas Clarkson, who once lived in the village and was the driving force behind the eventual successful campaign to outlaw slavery. Here too, is the grave of George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal.
Playford’s newly refurbished Village Hall stands in the centre of the village and is used extensively for regular activities such as art classes and parent and toddler groups, and it is hired out for parties, wedding receptions and other events. In the village playing field there is a well equipped children’s play area, built using money raised by the villagers, a football pitch, which host regular matches involving children from the village. The playing field also has a competition sized boules piste, built with the proceeds of local fundraising which is regularly used by the villagers and plays home to the local boules team.
Visitors to Playford comment upon its rural charm; although the centre of Ipswich or Woodbridge are only fifteen minutes away, Playford has the feel of a village that is further off the beaten track. The rural beauty is enjoyed by people walking along the valley, following the sign-posted Fynn Valley walks that link Playford with her close neighbouring villages, the Bealings, Culpho and Tuddenham.
Please click on "Links" on the left of the screen to access local websites in and around Playford.
Playford recently completed a joint Parish Plan with Great Bealings and Little Bealings. You can read this online and we now have a page of information that was requested as part of the parish plan survey exercise..