Alphamstone

Alphamstone
St. Barnabas church, Alphamstone
Alphamstone  Alphamstone shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TL884358
Civil parish	Alphamstone
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURES
Postcode district	CO8
Dialling code	01787
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
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Coordinates: 51°59′20″N 0°44′34″E / 51.9890°N 0.7428°E / 51.9890; 0.7428

Alphamstone is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Sudbury, Suffolk and is 34 km (21 mi) northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. The parish is part of the Stour Valley South parish cluster.^[1] The population is included in the civil parish of Lamarsh.

The village is very close (about 1.6 km (0.99 mi)) to the River Stour, which forms the Essex/Suffolk border in the local area.

It is about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the nearest railway station at Bures on the Sudbury Branch Line. Its nearest significant road link is the A131.

References

External links

• Media related to Alphamstone at Wikimedia Commons
• http://www.essexchurches.info - Alphamstone Church on Essex Churches website
• Alphamstone in the Domesday Book