Suffolk Village of the Year 2006

Stowupland is a large village just outside Stowmarket with good road and rail links.  Stowupland has a petrol station with a small shop, a post office, two public houses, two butcher's shops, fish and chip shop and a chinese take away. The two village churches, Holy Trinity and United Reformed Church, and the two village schools are all situated on Church Road.

Stowupland has a village hall and a church hall, both of which are very well used for a variety of functions/meetings. A recently constructed childrens' play park is located at the rear of the village hall on Church Road.
The very large village green in the centre, Thorney Green, includes a football pitch, an area set aside for the ‘half a mow’ scheme and an area available for planting trees in memorial of parishioners that have passed away.