28 allotment gardens laid out, along with a community orchard and wild flower meadow. A pond was donated at the top of the site, overlooked by donated public seats. There are views of the church towards the centre of the village. Stradbroke has a free magazine, the Stradbroke Monthly, and an online community radio station, Radio Stradbroke. The Stradisphere Festival was an annual music event held between 2013 and 2018 in the village featuring acts including Badly Drawn Boy. Transport Stradbroke lies midway between Norwich and Ipswich on the B1117 and B1118 secondary roads, some 7 miles (11 km) from the Suffolk town of Eye and 9 miles (14.5 km) from the Norfolk market town of Diss, where the village's nearest railway station is located. Train services from Diss take an hour and a half to reach London. There is a limited public school bus service linking Stradbroke to Eye, Framlingham and Ipswich. Notable people In birth order: Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175–1253), scholar and Bishop of Lincoln, was born in Stradbroke. Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852), diarist, poet and miniature painter, was born in Stradbroke. William Betham (1779–1853), antiquarian, brother of Mary Matilda, was born in Stradbroke. J. C. Ryle (1816–1900), became Vicar of Stradbroke in 1861 and set in motion a restoration of the church in the 1870s. He later became Bishop of Liverpool. Herbert Edward Ryle (1856–1925), son of J. C. Ryle, was brought up in Stradbroke. He later served successively as Bishop of Exeter, Bishop of Winchester and Dean of Westminster. Notes References S. Govier, 2010, An Illustrated History of Stradbroke and Denham External links Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District