Southolt is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) southeast of Eye, on the road between Bedingfield and Worlingworth.

John Speed recorded the village on his 1610 map as "Southold".

The Plough pub at Southolt Green opened in the 17th century and closed about 1990.

[1] Southolt's population declined greatly in the 20th century, and is now fewer than 70.

[3] The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich now lets the church to the village on a peppercorn rent.