Suffolk
Waveney District
Beccles

Beccles

Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of , England. The town is located along the A145 and A12 roads, situated 16 miles south-east of and 33 miles north-northeast of .
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  • Type: Town with 13,900 residents
  • Description: market town and civil parish in East Suffolk, Suffolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Beccles, Suffolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beccles Town Hall and Church of St Michael.

Town hall
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is a municipal structure in New Market, Beccles, , England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Beccles Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Building
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is a free-standing Grade I listed edifice associated with the adjacent St. Michael's Church in the market town of Beccles, , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beccles and Bungay and Gillingham.

Photo: PsamatheM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
are market towns on the River Waveney in Suffolk 5 miles apart on the southern edge of the . They are rural towns catering primarily to the local populations rather than tourists.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in the county of . is located 1.5 miles north-west of Beccles and 15 miles south-east of , along the A146.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of . It is 2 miles south-west of Beccles in the East Suffolk district. The parish had a population of 323 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Beccles.

Beccles

Latitude
52.45838° or 52° 27′ 30″ north
Longitude
1.56229° or 1° 33′ 44″ east
Population
13,900
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BCC
Open location code
9F43FH56+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29837207
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656067
Wiki­data ID
Q813574
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Beccles” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Beccles”
  • Basque: “Beccles”
  • Bengali: “বেক্কলেস”
  • Cebuano: “Beccles”
  • Chinese: “Beccles”
  • Chinese: “貝克爾斯”
  • Chinese: “贝克尔斯”
  • Dutch: “Beccles”
  • French: “Beccles”
  • German: “Beccles”
  • Gujarati: “બેક્લેસ”
  • Irish: “Beccles”
  • Italian: “Beccles”
  • Japanese: “ベクルズ”
  • Japanese: “ベックレス”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಕ್ಲೆಸ್”
  • Korean: “베클스”
  • Ladin: “Beccles”
  • Lithuanian: “Beklsas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Beccles”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beccles”
  • Persian: “بکلس”
  • Polish: “Beccles”
  • Portuguese: “Beccles”
  • Romanian: “Beccles”
  • Russian: “Беклс”
  • Russian: “Бэклс”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بکلس”
  • Spanish: “Beccles”
  • Swedish: “Beccles”
  • Tamil: “பேக்க்ல்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “బెక్ లెస్”
  • Turkish: “Beccles”
  • Urdu: “بیککلیس”
  • Volapük: “Beccles”
  • Welsh: “Beccles”

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Localities in the Area

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