About

The area that is now Sutterton has been populated since Roman times.  In the 11th or 12th century Sutterton was founded as a separate parish with the now Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin at its centre.  At the time of the Doomsday book it is believed that Sutterton had a small chapel as part of the neighbouring parish of Algarkirk.  Until recently, when the bypasses were put in, Sutterton was at the crossroads of two important roads.  The road from Boston, a major port in the 13th to 15th centuries, goes to Stamford and London.  The other road comes from Newark on the Great North Road, South East to Kings Lynn and Norwich.  It boasts one of the first roundabouts in the U.K. at the original junction of these two roads.

Sutterton is a friendly place in the fens with approximately 1500 residents ranging from young families to those into their 90s.  The village is well served by a Post Office.  The education of youngsters up to the age of 11 is well catered for.  The old school house, Bramble Hall which was made redundant when the new junior school was built is now used as a nursery.  The new “Four Fields” school built in 1978 provides for the educational needs of children, years 1 to 6, both from the village and the surrounding area.

Some villages have a duck pond but Sutterton has at its centre a wildlife haven called Bell Mere Pool, an area of 1.8 acres.  In January 1978 work began to convert the space from a meadow to ponds with surrounding rough grassland where many water birds, ducks such as Mallard and various types of Geese can now be seen along with annual visitors such as Herons.  In the early summer it is a blaze of glorious colour with wild flowers.  At the moment the pond is under going some changes. 

We have a play area for supervised children.  The Parish Council has recently added a “Zip Wire” to the range of equipment which they look after on behalf of the residents for the use of the children.

The Parish Plan, see separate section, has encouraged new groups to be set up.  There is a football team, a choir as well as clubs for the youngsters.  Bingo takes place every Friday at the Village Hall (part of the school).  Various other events take place during the year including an annual fete.  The Parish is kept informed by its news sheet (known as the “Round and About”) of coming parish events, local opinions, poetic offerings, along with goods and services available from local trades persons.  The actions of the parish council are also reported so that parishioners can attend public forums to give their view.

We ask for your views to be brief also to the point.

We are all very excited to see the Thatch Cottage now open.  It's great to have a village pub again, the food is very good too, worth a visit if you haven't been already.

We are all very happy to see the Fish Shop is now open again

We wish them good luck for the future.

We have won the small village award again thank you to all who have helped with this.

Sutterton Parish Council want all the children to enjoy the new play Equiptment in the Reck.