Towns & cities · East of England
Wangford
Wangford — village and former civil parish in West Suffolk, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Lakenheath · 3.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Wangford is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Address: IP27. Wikidata describes it as: "village and former civil parish in West Suffolk, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.4260°, 0.5610°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Forest SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Farmland SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon, in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The RAF Lakenheath airbase is west of the former parish area with the main runway extending into it. Wangford is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Lakenheath and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Brandon, close to the A1065 road. In 2001 the parish had a population of 7. Before it was combined with Brandon on 1 April 2015, the parish consisted of only a few scattered buildings including a church and 16th century hall and had one of the lowest populations of any parish in Suffolk with only seven residents at the 2001 census. In 2015 the parish was formally combined with the town of Brandon.
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Background
History
There is evidence of the parish being populated since prehistoric times. Palaeolithic tools such as handaxes, arrowheads and flint scrapers have been found in the parish and there is also evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British inhabitation. A hoard of 3000 silver and bronze coins, dating from the reign of the Roman Emperor Gallienus (AD 253-68), was discovered in a jar on Wangford Heath. The jar is in Moyse's Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds, but the coins are missing. A Saxon inhumation burial has also been discovered in the parish. Glass and amber beads and a bronze gilded 'hinged handle' from the site are in the British Museum and a large cruciform brooch is in Birmingham Museum and Art…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4260, 0.5610
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Parish
- Lakenheath
- Postcode
- IP27
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Suffolk
- Nearest railway station
- Lakenheath — 3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1869729 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wangford, West Suffolk (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St. Denis church, Wangford, Suffolk (close up) - geograph.org.uk - 544835.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wangford?
- Wangford is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP27), in the parish of Lakenheath.
- Is Wangford a protected site?
- Yes — Wangford is part of the Breckland Forest SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Breckland Farmland SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Wangford free to visit?
- Yes, Wangford is free to enter.
- How do I get to Wangford?
- The nearest railway station is Lakenheath, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IP27.