Redisham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is located south-west of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth in the East Suffolk district. The population of the parish was 125 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.[
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The parish is in a rural location.[ Redisham, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-15.] It borders Ilketshall St Andrew, Westhall, Brampton with Stoven, Shadingfield, Weston and Ringsfield.[ The village is on the eastern border of the parish, with some of the housing in it across the border in Shadingfield.][
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The village has limited services, although Brampton railway station on the East Suffolk Line is closer to Redisham than it is to Brampton.[ The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.][ Hundred River Benefice. Retrieved 2009-04-21][Knott S (2018) St Peter, Redisham, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-04.] It is a Grade I listed building with a Norman doorway[ and has been the site of a church since the 10th Century. It is reported to be the smallest church in Suffolk with only 60 seats.][
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The author Adrian Bell farmed a smallholding in the village during World War II.[Smith A (2017) Commemorative bench unveiled during walk on the history of land girls in Redisham, Eastern Daily Press, 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2021-02-15.] This was the childhood home of his children, translator Anthea Bell and the journalist and politician Martin Bell.[
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Redisham Hall is located to the north of the village but is in Ringsfield parish.[
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