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Forest Heath District

Forest Heath District
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timezone_DSTBST
utc_offset_DST+1
settlement_typeNon-metropolitan district
subdivision_typeSovereign state
subdivision_type1Constituent country
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_type3Non-metropolitan county
subdivision_type4Status
subdivision_type5Admin HQ
subdivision_nameUnited Kingdom
subdivision_name1England
subdivision_name4Non-metropolitan district
government_typeNon-metropolitan district council
leader_titleLeadership
established_title1Incorporated
extinct_titleAbolished
extinct_date31 March 2019
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleEthnicity
blank1_nameONS code
blank2_nameOS grid reference
nameForest Heath
other_nameForest Heath District
image_skylineMarketplace Mildenhall - geograph.org.uk - 822218.jpg
image_captionMildenhall
image_mapForest Heath UK locator map.svg
mapsize150px
map_captionForest Heath shown within Suffolk
subdivision_name2East of England
subdivision_name3Suffolk
subdivision_name5Mildenhall
established_date11 April 1974
governing_bodyForest Heath District Council
area_total_km2377.7
population_total65,500
population_as_ofmid-2018
population_blank191.0% White
3.0% Black
1.3% S.Asian
3.1% mixed race
blank1_info42UC (ONS)
E07000201 (GSS)
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websitewww.westsuffolk.gov.uk

3.0% Black 1.3% S.Asian 3.1% mixed race E07000201 (GSS) Forest Heath was a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Mildenhall. Other towns in the district included Newmarket. The population of the district at the 2011 Census was 59,748.

The district's name reflected the fact that it contains parts of both Thetford Forest and the heathlands of Breckland. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of Newmarket Urban District and Mildenhall Rural District. Forest Heath district was merged with the borough of St Edmundsbury on 1 April 2019 to form a new West Suffolk district.

Forest Heath was the home to two of the largest United States Air Force (USAF) airbases in the UK: RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, as well as the headquarters of British horse racing, Newmarket Racecourse.

In the English indices of deprivation 2010 report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government, two parts of Forest Heath have the highest employment out of 32483 areas in England.

Communities

The district contained three market towns and twenty civil parishes.

Towns

  • Mildenhall
  • Newmarket
  • Brandon

Civil parishes

  • Barton Mills
  • Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill
  • Cavenham
  • Dalham
  • Elveden
  • Eriswell
  • Exning
  • Freckenham
  • Gazeley
  • Herringswell
  • Higham
  • Icklingham
  • Kentford
  • Lakenheath
  • Moulton
  • Red Lodge
  • Santon Downham
  • Tuddenham
  • Worlington

Governance

Council Offices, College Heath Road, Mildenhall

Forest Heath District Council provided district-level functions. County-level functions were provided by Suffolk County Council. The whole district was also divided into civil parishes, which provided a third tier of local government. The district council was based at offices on College Heath Road in Mildenhall. The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1980. After the council's abolition in 2019, the building was deemed surplus to requirements, and it was subsequently demolished.

Education

The Shi-Tennoji School in UK in Herringswell, Forest Heath was in operation beginning in 1985, and ending on 17 July 2000.

References

References

  1. "District population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
  2. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. (24 May 2018). "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018".
  3. "English indices of deprivation 2010". Gov.uk.
  4. (8 November 2018). "The A11 Trunk Road (Fiveways Roundabout, Barton Mills, Suffolk) (40 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour speed limit) Order 2018". London Gazette.
  5. (17 July 1980). "No fanfare for new offices". Newmarket Journal.
  6. (17 February 2022). "Old council offices and library in Mildenhall set to be knocked down to make way for new homes". Suffolk News.
  7. McNeill, Phil. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100425060806/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359022/Shrine-of-the-times.html Shrine of the times]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140302063429/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359022/Shrine-of-the-times.html Archive]) ''[[Telegraph Media Group. The Telegraph]]''. 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
  8. "[http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=124894 Establishment: Shi-Tennoji School]." ([https://archive.today/20140109022433/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=124894 Archive]) [[Department for Education]]. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Shi-Tennoji School Herringswell Bury St Edmund's Suffolk IP28 6SW"
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