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Beck Row
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OS grid reference TL6977
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Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP28
Dialling code 01638
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52°22′N0°29′E / 52.36°N 00.48°E / 52.36; 00.48

Beck Row is a village in the civil parish of Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The village is close to RAF Mildenhall and is home to about 3000 people. Culturally, the village has an old church and a beacon dating from the time of the Battle of Trafalgar. A Victoria Cross recipient, Ron Middleton, is buried in the local cemetery.

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