West Suffolk District is a local government district in Suffolk, England. It was established in 2019 as a merger of the previous Forest Heath District with the Borough of St Edmundsbury. The council is based in Bury St Edmunds, the district's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Brandon, Clare, Haverhill, Mildenhall and Newmarket, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In 2021 it had a population of 180,820.
Countryside at Elveden
West Suffolk District
St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, the district's largest town.
Market Square in Haverhill, the district's second largest town.
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