| Wangford | |
|---|---|
 St Denis' church, Wangford | |
  Wangford Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 7 (2001)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL751835 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRANDON |
| Postcode district | IP27 |
| Dialling code | 01842 |
| UK Parliament | |
Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon, in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The RAF Lakenheath airbase is west of the former parish area with the main runway extending into it.[2] Wangford is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Lakenheath and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Brandon, close to the A1065 road. In 2001 the parish had a population of 7.
Before it was combined with Brandon on 1 April 2015, the parish consisted of only a few scattered buildings including a church and 16th century hall and had one of the lowest populations of any parish in Suffolk with only seven residents at the 2001 census. In 2015 the parish was formally combined with the town of Brandon.[3]
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Forest Heath Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ St Denis, Wangford, Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ The Forest Heath District (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Wangford) Order 2014, The Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2017-07-02