Babergh District is a local government district in Suffolk, England. In 2021 it had a population of 92,300. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just two towns, Sudbury and Hadleigh, which was the administrative centre until 2017 when the council moved to shared offices with neighbouring Mid Suffolk District Council in Ipswich, outside either district. The district is named after the medieval Babergh Hundred, which covered part of the area.
Sudbury, the district's largest town
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Council Offices, Corks Lane, Hadleigh: Council's headquarters 1982–2017.
Foreshore at Shotley Gate at the eastern tip of the district.
Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town.
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Excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship in 1939
16th century cottage in Ixworth, with pargetting and traditional Suffolk Pink limewash