Here is a list of useful contacts
and local services that are not included elsewhere in this web
site.
Doctors
For
nearest
surgeries NHS
Website
Emergency
services
Suffolk
Police - non urgent 01473
613500
Anglian
Water 0800
145145
Electricity (all
companies) 08007
838838
Hospitals
West
Suffolk Hospital (6.3 miles)
Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds,
IP33 2QZ Tel: 01284
713000
Nuffield Hospital (6.8
miles)
St. Marys Square, Bury
St. Edmunds, IP33 2AA Tel: 0800 0155020
Local bus services
These two buses stop at
Shimpling:
375 between Bury and
Glemsford - Monday to Saturday
Operator
- Chambers Tel: 01787 227233 Mon-Sat
or 0870 608 2608 Sun & Bank
Hols.
719 between Stanstead and Sudbury -
Thursday only
Operator -
Felix of Long Melford Tel:
01787
310574
For both
timetables use Traveline East Anglia or Tel: 0871 200 22
23
Mobile
Library
There is
a regular library service to Shimpling that operates on alternate
Fridays
between 2pm and 2.15pm and
it stops outside the Old Post Office in Shimpling
Street.
To see the timetable as supplied
by the Suffolk Library
Service
Click here
Post offices nearby
Stanningfield, The Red House
Inn, Bury Road 2.5 miles
Cockfield, PO and Stores, Howe
Lane 2.7
miles
Lavenham, 25 High
Street 3.5
miles
Refuse collections
Non recyclable waste
(Black bin) - collected on alternate Fridays
Recyclable
waste (Blue bin) - collected on
alternate
Fridays
See Refuse Collection
details on Babergh District Council
website
Garden waste (Brown bin)
- fee applies, collected on alternate
Thursdays
Schools
All
Saint's CEVCP
School
The
Street, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4QA
Headteacher: Mrs C Kitto
Tel: 01284 828223 Fax: 01284 826000, Email:
lawshallschool@hotmail.com
Further information:
Suffolk County
Council
Links to local
websites