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[[File:The Old Mill - geograph.org.uk - 241159.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The old watermill]]
'''Holbrook''' is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|River Stour]], in [[Suffolk]], England. It is located on the [[Shotley Peninsula]] in [[Babergh District|Babergh]] district, around {{convert|5|miles|0}} south of the centre of [[Ipswich]].
To the south of the village is the [[Royal Hospital School]], which moved to this site in 1933 after having been housed at [[Greenwich Hospital (London)|Greenwich Hospital]] since 1693.
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== Facilities ==
The village has
==History==
During the [[Battle of Britain]], a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[military aircraft]] crashed into a field on the outskirts of the village. Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a [[Messerschmitt]]. Another account possibly shows it crashed into Holbrook Bay instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-02 |title=Historian in bomber appeal |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21315670.historian-bomber-appeal/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=East Anglian Daily Times |language=en}}</ref>
==Notable people==
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[[Category:Villages in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Babergh District]]
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