The King’s Forest
The King’s Forest is a nature reserve in West Stow, St. Edmundsbury District, England. The King’s Forest is situated nearby to the village West Stow, as well as near the hamlet Culford Heath.Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church, Wordwell and West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village.
All Saints Church, Wordwell
Church
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Wordwell, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Archaeological site
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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is an archaeological site and an open-air museum located near to West Stow in Suffolk, eastern England. Evidence for intermittent human habitation at the site stretches from the Mesolithic through the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron…
Lackford Lakes
Nature reserve
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lackford Lakes is a 105.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north and east of Lackford in Suffolk. The SSSI is part of the 131-hectare Lackford Lakes nature reserve, which is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Stow and Flempton.
West Stow
Village
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West Stow is a small village and civil parish in West Suffolk, England. The village lies north of Bury St. Edmunds, south of Mildenhall and Thetford and west of the villages of Culford and Ingham in the area known as the Breckland.
Flempton
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flempton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is on the A1101 road 5 miles NW from Bury St Edmunds. Flempton takes its name from the Flemings who came from Flanders and settled the area in Anglo-Saxon times.
Lackford
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lackford is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around four miles north-west of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101, in 2005 it had a population of 270.
The King’s Forest
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: heath and recreation area
- Location: West Stow, St. Edmundsbury District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.3329° or 52° 19′ 59″ northLongitude
0.6677° or 0° 40′ 4″ eastOpen location code
9F428MM9+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 171553347OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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