Located on the A143 around five miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 650,[1] reducing to 597 at the 2011 Census.

Great Wood Hill, the highest point in Suffolk, is around 1.7 km (1.1 mi) south of Chedburgh.

In 1842 the gault brick tower was built with rendered Gothic style openings, a brick spire and crenellated parapets; the chancel was almost completely reconstructed including a mid fourteenth century style window on the eastern side, a roof with ribbed panels in the ceiling a gabled vestry and moulded cornices.

[4] Lord Arthur Hervey, president of the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute was vicar here from 1832 to 1856.

[5] On 7 September 1942 South of the Bury Road, RAF Chedburgh opened, in No.