Lakenheath
Lakenheath is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It has a population of 4,691 according to the 2011 Census, and is situated close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and at the meeting point of The Fens and the Breckland natural environments.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 4,370 residents
- Description: village in Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Lake Heath” and “Lakenheath, Suffolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Lakenheath and Lakenheath railway station.
RAF Lakenheath
Aerodrome
Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles west of Thetford. RAF Lakenheath is situated 2 miles southeast of Lakenheath.
Lakenheath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lakenheath railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the village of Lakenheath, Suffolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east. Lakenheath railway station is situated 2 miles north of Lakenheath.
Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Bogbumper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve is located on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in England, between Lakenheath and Hockwold cum Wilton adjacent to Lakenheath railway station. Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve is situated 2 miles north of Lakenheath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Undley and Eriswell.
Eriswell
Village
Eriswell is a village and civil parish of West Suffolk in the English county of Suffolk. In 2011 the parish had a population of 3101. About forty scattered archaeological finds have been made here, including Bronze Age battle axes, palstaves and rapiers. Eriswell is situated 3 miles south of Lakenheath.
Hockwold cum Wilton
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hockwold cum Wilton is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk. Hockwold is located 10 miles west of Thetford and 34 miles south-west of Norwich. Hockwold cum Wilton is situated 3½ miles north of Lakenheath.
Lakenheath
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Lakenheath, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.41756° or 52° 25′ 3″ northLongitude
0.51804° or 0° 31′ 5″ eastPopulation
4,370Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LAKOpen location code
9F42CG99+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 288642085OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Lakenheath” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lakenheat”
- Cebuano: “Lakenheath”
- Chinese: “Lakenheath”
- Chinese: “雷肯希斯”
- Dutch: “Lakenheath”
- French: “Lakenheath”
- Irish: “Lakenheath”
- Italian: “Lakenheath”
- Japanese: “レイクンヒース”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lakenheath”
- Persian: “لیکنهیث”
- Polish: “Lakenheath”
- Spanish: “Lakenheath”
- Swedish: “Lakenheath”
- Turkish: “Lakenheath”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Lakenheath”. Photo: Kelly, CC0.