England
Suffolk
Forest Heath District

Wangford

Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the West Suffolk district of the English county of . The airbase is west of the former parish area with the main runway extending into it.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village and former civil parish in West Suffolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Wangford (civil parish), Suffolk”, “Wangford, Forest Heath”, and “Wangford, West Suffolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include RAF Lakenheath and Wangford Warren and Carr.

Aerodrome
Royal Air Force Lakenheath or is a Royal Air Force station near the village of in , England, UK, 4.7 miles north-east of and 8.3 miles west of .

Nature reserve
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 67.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between and in . It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and part of the Special Area of Conservation, and Special…

Church
Photo: David, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brandon and Lakenheath.

Town
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.
is a town and civil parish in the county of . is located in the area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of . is situated 3 miles northeast of Wangford.

Town
Photo: Kelly, CC0.
is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of 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 and , and at the meeting point of The Fens and the natural environments. is situated 2½ miles west of Wangford.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a civil parish and village in the county of . Hockwold is located 10 miles west of and 34 miles south-west of . is situated 3½ miles north of Wangford.

Wangford

Latitude
52.419° or 52° 25′ 8″ north
Longitude
0.5727° or 0° 34′ 22″ east
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
9F42CH9F+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1276387548
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7296342
Wiki­data ID
Q1869729
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wangford” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wangford”
  • Chinese: “Wangford”
  • Dutch: “Wangford”
  • French: “Wangford”
  • Irish: “Wangford”
  • Japanese: “ワングフォード”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wangford (Suffolk)”
  • Polish: “Wangford”
  • Swedish: “Wangford”
  • “Wangford”

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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 “Wangford”. Photo: Mark Hurn, CC BY-SA 2.0.