Great Whelnetham

Great Whelnetham
Church of St Thomas à Becket
Great Whelnetham
Great Whelnetham shown within Suffolk
Population	820 (2005) 849 (2011)
District	St Edmundsbury
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP30
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°12′22″N 0°45′04″E / 52.206°N 0.751°E / 52.206; 0.751Coordinates: 52°12′22″N 0°45′04″E / 52.206°N 0.751°E / 52.206; 0.751

Great Whelnetham (sometimes Great Welnetham) is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 820.

The parish also contains the hamlet of Cocks Green, and the village of Sicklesmere, with which Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe, the area was served by Welnetham railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line.

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Great Whelnetham had a population of 830 with 349 households, increasing to 849 in 348 households at the 2011 Census.

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