Oakley, Suffolk
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Post townDiss
| Oakley | |
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 The Church of St Nicholas at Oakley | |
  Oakley Location within Suffolk | |
| OS grid reference | TM165780 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Diss |
| Postcode district | IP21 |
| Dialling code | 01379 |
| UK Parliament | |
Oakley is a village and former civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies immediately to the south of the River Waveney around 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Eye and the same distance south-east of Diss. The village of Scole is 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east across the River Waveney. In 1961 the parish had a population of 204.[1] The village is in the parish of Brome and Oakley and the benefice has been combined with the village of Brome for centuries[2] but the civil parish was only combined on 1 April 1982.[3]
The village church is dedicated to St Nicholas. It is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 14th century.[4]
