Rushmere is an area of

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

and former

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in the

district in

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, England. In 1901 the parish had a population of 601. In 1894 the parish of

Rushmere St Andrew Rushmere St Andrew is a village, civil parish and electoral ward adjacent to part of the eastern edge of the borough of Ipswich in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes most of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Ipsw ...

was created from the rural part of the parish, on 25 March 1903 the parish was abolished to form Ipswich.

Economy

The village has two churches (Church of England, and Baptist), two rugby clubs, and a village hall. The village is surrounded by fields and there are many routes into the Fynn Valley. Most of Rushmere is on one road, Rushmere Road. The boundary between Rushmere St Andrew and Ipswich runs along part of Humber Doucy Lane, which leads to the neighbouring village of

Westerfield Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England. It lies about two miles north of the centre of Ipswich in the East Suffolk District, and is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Amenities Westerfiel ...

Sport and leisure

Rushmere has a

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club, Ipswich Wanderers, who play at Humber Doucy Lane.

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Ipswich Districts Former civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub