Forest Heath District

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Forest Heath
Forest Heath District
Marketplace Mildenhall - geograph.org.uk - 822218.jpg
Mildenhall
Forest Heath UK locator map.svg
Forest Heath shown within Suffolk
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region East of England
Non-metropolitan county Suffolk
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Mildenhall
Incorporated1 April 1974
Abolished31 March 2019
Government
  TypeNon-metropolitan district council
  BodyForest Heath District Council
  Leadership Alternative - Sec.31 ( )
   MPs Matthew Hancock
Area
  Total145.8 sq mi (377.7 km2)
Population
 (mid-2018)
  Total65,500
  Density450/sq mi (170/km2)
  Ethnicity
91.0% White
3.0% Black
1.3% S.Asian
3.1% mixed race
Time zone UTC0 (GMT)
  Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code 42UC (ONS)
E07000201 (GSS)
OS grid reference TL7156375032
Website www.westsuffolk.gov.uk

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. [1]

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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. [2]

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.

Forest Heath had had a high suicide rate when compared to the rest of Suffolk, to the East of England and to England overall. [3] [4] The reasons for this are unknown.

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. [5]

Governance

As of the 2015 Local Government Elections, the Conservatives held overall control of the District Council.

partyseats
Conservative19
West Suffolk Independents5
UKIP3

Communities

The district contains three market towns and twenty civil parishes.

Towns

Civil parishes

Education

The Shi-Tennoji School in UK in Herringswell, Forest Heath was in operation beginning in 1985, [6] and ending on 17 July 2000. [7]

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Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill is a civil parish in the Forest Heath district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,048. The parish covers an area to the north of Mildenhall, including Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill. The American military base at RAF Mildenhall is one of the main employers of this parish and is located in Beck Row, with farming and agriculture coming in second. Beck Row has an old Methodist Church where many of the locals are buried. The area around the parish includes heavily forested and heavily cultivated land. It is located in the famous fertile farming area of England; The Fens. A popular pub in the town of Beck Row is The Bird in Hand. There is also a Londis grocery store, beauty shop, Kebab restaurant, and a pet store.

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Shi-Tennoji School in UK was a Japanese international secondary school in Herringswell, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, near Bury St Edmunds. The Japanese government classified the school as a Shiritsu zaigai kyoiku shisetsu or an overseas branch of a Japanese private school. Shi-tennoji International Limited owned the school, and the organisation intended to develop Japan-United Kingdom relations with the school.

References

  1. "District population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. http://www.suffolk.nhs.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=sC1P36aOxBQ%3d&tabid=3295&mid=6787 [ dead link ]
  4. http://www.suffolk.nhs.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ypVgQVl1lB0%3D&tabid=3425&mid=6783 [ dead link ]
  5. "English indices of deprivation 2010". Department for Communities and Local Government . Gov.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  6. McNeill, Phil. "Shrine of the times." (Archive) The Telegraph . 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
  7. "Establishment: Shi-Tennoji School." (Archive) Department for Education. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Shi-Tennoji School Herringswell Bury St Edmund's Suffolk IP28 6SW"

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