The Sign
The sign was erected in 1980 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, albeit a little bit late. The sign is a painted carving with many trees scattered around the sign which relates in part to the origin of the village name. Other features on the sign include the church of St Lawrence in the background, some local flowers including milkwort and hardheads (lesser knapweed), a hand driven plough and corn fields representing the importance of agriculture. The scales in the centre represent the stones decorating the sanctuary in the church which were taken from ruins in Rome and Egypt by the rector and his sisters in the 19th century; a picture of the scales can be found on one of them.

The Name and Population
The population was 1,431 at the 2011 census. It was called Altera Walingafella / Waldingafella / -gefelda / Walingafella in the Domesday Book. There are now two adjoining villages of Little and Great Waldingfield. The name means "Open land of the forest-dwellers", from Anglian and Old English; 'Great' added later.

Other Points of Interest
The parish also includes the hamlets of Upsher Green and part of Washmere Green.

The village hall was the normal location of the halfway feeding station on the Dunwich Dynamo overnight bicycle ride until 2010, whilst an episode of Lovejoy ("Fruit of the Dessert") was filmed in the village.