Troston is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It lies around seven miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds, roughly half-way between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford in Norfolk. Set in the rural farming district of West Suffolk, its nearest neighbours are Great Livermere, Honington and Ixworth. Also adjacent to the village is the military base of RAF Honington, once home to a tornado squadron, but now occupied by the RAF Regiment.

The parish is thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin and is triangular in shape. The tumuli burial mounds on The Heath date back to early Bronze age (2100-1500 BC) and the earliest documentary evidence of Troston - a will - dates back to 989 AD.

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, in Troston, contains rare medieval wall paintings including dragon-slaying and the Martyrdom of St Edmund. Visit the Troston Church page, to read more about these, and for details of how you can help preserve them for future generations.

In medieval times, much of Troston belonged to the Bury Abbey, but since the Reformation in 1539 various Lords of the Manor have been great benefactors to the village. They lived mainly in the Jacobean Hall in Ixworth Road, one of which - the Lofft family - built many houses in the 1870s from Troston brick.  The village school closed in 1946, but is now a refurbished village hall, thanks to a Lottery grant and much fund-raising by the villagers. A number of clubs and societies use the village hall for meetings.

Troston today is home to approximately 150 households, many of whom work from home. Others travel to Bury St Edmunds and Thetford, or commute to places further afield such as Ipswich and Cambridge (30-45 minutes’ drive away), Norwich (50 minutes) and even London (about an hour’s train journey from Ipswich or Cambridge).

Schools in West Suffolk are currently 3-tier (primary, middle and upper), though the County Council intends to change to a 2-tier system in the next few years. Education in Suffolk, and around Troston in particular, is of a very high standard.

The village has an excellent public house and restaurant, a chiropody practice and a car sales business. Locally-reared poultry can also be purchased from Troston Farms. Within a two-mile radius can be found a petrol station, two convenience stores, a post office, hairdressing & tanning salon, a chip shop and a Chinese takeaway service.