Shipmeadow is a village and civil parish located in the north of the English county of Suffolk.

In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson made the following notes about Shipmeadow:'Shipmeadow, a parish, with a village, in Wangford district, Suffolk; 2½ miles W by S of Beccles r. station.

[7] The B1062 road runs through Shipmeadow, linking it to Beccles to the east and Bungay to the west.

The A143 and A146 run to the north of the parish and provide routes to Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

The microairline Nebo Air intends to operate passenger flights from Shipmeadow Airfield to Damyns Hall Aerodrome near Upminster in East London and Wickenby Aerodrome in Lincolnshire using Pipistrel electrically powered light aircraft.