Forest Heath

Forest Heath
Forest Heath District
Non-metropolitan district

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
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body Forest Heath District Council
 • Leadership Alternative - Sec.31 (Conservative)
 • MPs Matthew Hancock
Area
 • Total 145.8 sq mi (377.7 km2)
Area rank 107th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
 • Total 62,812
 • Rank 310th (of 326)
 • Density 430/sq mi (170/km2)
 • Ethnicity 91.0% White
3.0% Black
1.3% S.Asian
3.1% Mixed Race
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 42UC (ONS)
E07000201 (GSS)
OS grid reference TL7156375032
Website www.forest-heath.gov.uk

Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Mildenhall. Other towns in the district include Newmarket.

The district's name reflects 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 is the home to two of the largest USAF air bases in the UK, RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, as well as the headquarters of British horse racing, Newmarket Racecourse.

Forest Heath has had a high suicide rate when compared to the rest of Suffolk, to the East of England and to England overall.[1][2] 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.[3]

Communities

The district contains three market towns and twenty civil parishes.

Towns

Civil parishes

Education

The Shi-Tennoji School in Herringswell, Forest Heath was in operation beginning in 1985,[4] and ending on 17 July 2000.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.suffolk.nhs.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=sC1P36aOxBQ%3d&tabid=3295&mid=6787
  2. ↑ http://www.suffolk.nhs.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ypVgQVl1lB0%3D&tabid=3425&mid=6783
  3. ↑ "English indices of deprivation 2010". Department for Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. ↑ McNeill, Phil. "Shrine of the times." (Archive) The Telegraph. 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "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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Coordinates: 52°20′46″N 0°31′08″E / 52.3461°N 0.5190°E / 52.3461; 0.5190

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