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== Facilities ==
The village has two pubs, The Compasses and The Swan, a [[East of England Co-operative Society|Co-op]] store, a butcher, and a village hall.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The area is served by a primary school and [[Holbrook High School (England)|Holbrook Academy]], which shares a site with the Peninsula SportsDr Letman Centre. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/holbrook.html|title=Suffolk Churches|publisher=suffolkchurches.co.uk|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101193727-church-of-all-saints-holbrook#.WPzrZ9Lyu1g|title=Church of All Saints, Holbrook, Suffolk|first=Good|last=Stuff|publisher=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> The village also has [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Methodist]] church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eamethodist.org.uk/holbrook.htm |title=Holbrook |publisher=eamethodist.org.uk |access-date=10 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130710221214/http://www.eamethodist.org.uk/holbrook.htm |archive-date=10 July 2013 }}</ref>
 
==History==
During the [[Battle of Britain]], a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[military aircraft]] crashed into a field nearon the outskirts of the village. Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a [[Messerschmitt]].{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
 
==Notable people==