Battisford is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk

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 district of Suffolk

Suffolk

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, England

England

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. The village is about 4 miles (6 km) south of Stowmarket

Stowmarket

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, and is directly alongside Wattisham Airfield

Wattisham Airfield

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.

The village contains a Parish Church

Parish church

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, a Free Church

Free church

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, a Community Centre

Community centre

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 - which holds the pre-school playgroup

Pre-school playgroup

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 - and a village green

Village green

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, containing a play area. The main road which runs through Battisford is Straight Road, being very straight and over a mile long. The village pub, The Punch Bowl, is a registered Community Interest Company

Community interest company

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 (CIC), and is the very first of its kind in Suffolk.

In 1983, for one day only, Battisford declared its independence

Independence

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from the United Kingdom.