Pakenham
Pakenham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Its name can be linked to Anglo-Saxon roots, Pacca being the founder of a settlement on the hill surrounding Pakenham church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 592 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pakenham, Suffolk”
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nether Hall and Thurston railway station.
Nether Hall
Manor estate
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Nether Hall is a country house situated in the village of Pakenham, Suffolk. It was one of the ancient manors of the village and seat of the Greene baronets.
Thurston railway station
Railway station
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Thurston railway station serves the village of Thurston in Suffolk, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Greater Anglia. It is served primarily by local services between Ipswich and Cambridge. Thurston railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Pakenham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thurston and Stowlangtoft.
Thurston
Village
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Thurston is a village and a parish in Suffolk situated about 4 miles east of Bury St Edmunds and 10 miles west of Stowmarket. In mid-2005, Thurston's estimated population was 3,260, making it one of the larger communities in the area, falling slightly to 3,232 at the 2011 Census. Thurston railway station opened in 1846 and is still operating today.
Stowlangtoft
Village
Stowlangtoft is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England 2 miles south-east from Ixworth. Located around 5 miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 270. Stowlangtoft is situated 2 miles east of Pakenham.
Ixworth
Village
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Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 6 miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and 9 miles south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census. Ixworth is situated 2 miles north of Pakenham.
Pakenham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Pakenham, St. Edmundsbury District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.27088° or 52° 16′ 15″ northLongitude
0.82408° or 0° 49′ 27″ eastPopulation
592Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9F427RCF+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 288253952OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2640674Wikidata ID
Q2187824
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Pakenham” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pakenham (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Pakenham”
- Chinese: “Pakenham”
- Chinese: “帕克南”
- Dutch: “Pakenham”
- French: “Pakenham”
- Irish: “Pakenham”
- Japanese: “パケナム (サフォーク)”
- Ladin: “Pakenham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pakenham (Suffolk)”
- Polish: “Pakenham”
- Spanish: “Pakenham”
- Swedish: “Pakenham (parish)”
- Swedish: “Pakenham”
- Turkish: “Pakenham, Suffolk”
- “Pakenham”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pakenham”. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.