The name of our village of derives from Deores Ham - home of the
deer. This name is borne out by early reference to local roadways
as chaseways, there still being hunting in the area as late as the
18C.
Conveniently situated half-way between Ipswich & Lowestoft,
astride the A. 12 road, Darsham is a mixed community with six
farms. Over the past few years the village has lost its school,
shop and post office; the garage, now primarily a petrol station,
has a cafe and a well stocked shop, and a vehicle tyre service;
there is also a farm shop, a hand made tile manufactory, a public
house, a pottery, a builder, seed and feed merchants, an irrigation
concern, a national chain restaurant and a cafe. A private nursing
home and a cycle hire business provide a service for those who
require it.
Public transport is provided by rail, Darsham Rail Station being
on the - Ipswich - London route; and a bus service to Saxmundham
& Leiston; with another on the Southwold- Halesworth-Aldeburgh
route.
Local children attend primary school at Yoxford; the middle
school at Saxmundham; and the high school at Leiston, There is a
health centre at Saxmundham & another at Leiston, whose Doctors
hold a local surgery at Yoxford three times a week. Both provide
good medical care for Darsham's population of about three hundred
souls.
We hope that you will now take a few minutes to browse through
the pages of the following village activities available in the
parish.
Parish Council
The Parish Church of All Saints
The Primitive Methodist Chapel
The Village Hall
Darsham Organisations
Future events
For information on local voluntary and community groups serving
the wider Saxmundham area (the IP17 postcode area), visit the
Saxmundham Community
Website