Forest Heath
| Forest Heath | |
|---|---|
 Location in Suffolk |
|
| status | District |
| region | East of England |
| Administration County | Suffolk |
| Administrative headquarters | Mildenhall |
| surface | 377.71 km² |
| Residents | 59,748 (2011) |
| ONS code | 42UC; E07000201 |
Forest Heath was a district ( English district ) in the county of Suffolk in England . The administrative seat was Mildenhall ; other significant places were Brandon , Isleham , Lakenheath and Newmarket .
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 and resulted from the merger of the Urban District Newmarket and the Rural District Mildenhall. Due to an ordinance issued in May 2018, Forest Heath was merged with St Edmundsbury, bordering southeast, to form the new West Suffolk District on April 1, 2019 .
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of October 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Forest Heath District at Vision of Britain (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on location and area on the data server of the British government, accessed on April 5, 2019. (English)
- ↑ Table PP05UK: Usual residents by resident type, unrounded estimates, local authorities in the United Kingdom. 2011 census results on the ONS website , XLS file, 204 kB. (English)
- ↑ The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 on the UK Government's Law Server, accessed April 4, 2019. (English)
- ^ Suffolk now has "largest district council in country". BBC , April 1, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019. (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E