Mellis

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Mellis

| country= England

| region= East of England

| os_grid_reference=

| coordinates = {{coord|52.329|1.080|display=inline,title}}

| population= 519

| population_ref= (2011){{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126469&c=Mellis&d=16&e=62&g=6466385&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1472116755076&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

| post_town= Eye

| postcode_area= IP

| postcode_district= IP23

| dial_code= 01379

| shire_county= Suffolk

| shire_district= Mid Suffolk

| hide_services= Yes

| static_image_name= St Mary's church, Mellis - geograph.org.uk - 1083145.jpg

| static_image_caption= St Mary's church, Mellis

}}

Mellis is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has the largest area of unfenced common land in England. Oliver Cromwell exercised his troops in Mellis. It once had a railway station on the main line between London and Norwich, and a small branch line that ran to nearby Eye.

Mellis Common is a 59 hectare nature reserve. In summer rare plants such as green-winged orchid, sulphur clover and adder's tongue fern flourish. The abundance of small mammals also makes the site a favourite hunting ground for barn owl and tawny owl.

The 14th-century parish church of St Mary, restored in 1859 and 1900, is a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |num = 1181735|desc= CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN |accessdate = 13 April 2014}}

In 1968, Roger Deakin (1943 – 2006), writer and environmentalist, bought Walnut Tree Farm on the edge of Mellis Common, which he rebuilt over many years and where he lived until his death.