Westhorpe, Suffolk

Westhorpe
Westhorpe
Westhorpe shown within Suffolk
Population	208 (2011)
OS grid reference	TM045691
District	Mid Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stowmarket
Postcode district	IP14
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°16′55″N 0°59′49″E / 52.282°N 0.997°E / 52.282; 0.997Coordinates: 52°16′55″N 0°59′49″E / 52.282°N 0.997°E / 52.282; 0.997

Westhorpe is a linear village and civil parish in the Suffolk countryside, thirteen miles (21 km) from Bury St. Edmunds, eight miles from Stowmarket and a mile (3 km) from the villages of Wyverstone and Finningham.

Administratively Westhorpe forms part of the non-metropolitan district of Mid Suffolk.

Westhorpe Hall was a former seat of the Dukes of Suffolk and the place of death of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, with its close neighbour East Thorpe manor, being the seat of a previous duke, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.