The Sign
The sign was erected in 2003, designed by Ben Cox and made by Trevor Self and is located opposite the church. The sign is made up of five buildings, some hidden animals and a complex network roads and streams inside the parish boundary. The buildings are: Top left, the bell cote of the Hintlesham & Chattisham Church of England Primary School. Middle left, The George Inn public house. Bottom left, the new community hall. Top right, Hintlesham Hall. Bottom Right, Church of St Nicholas. The animals include: bat, fox, rabbit, owl and deer.

The Name and Population
The population was 609 at the 2011 census. It was called Hintlesham 1035-44 and 1086, Huntlesham in 1235. The name means "The homestead or village of a man called Hyntel", from Old English.

Other Points of Interest
The village is notable for Hintlesham Hall, a 16th-century Grade I listed country house, now operated as a hotel.

The parish church of St Nicolas is a typical Decorated church, and therefore not typical for Suffolk. It has many memorials to the Tymperley family and the squint in the north wall shows that the vestry was once a chapel, possibly a chantry to the family, converted to secular use in the 1540s. The stairway to the rood loft in the south wall is one of the best preserved in the county.