Lackford
Encyclopedia
Lackford is a village and civil parish
in the St Edmundsbury
district of Suffolk
in eastern England
. Located around four miles north-west of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101, in 2005 it had a population of 270.
The parish contains the Lackford Lakes nature reserve and SSSI
, created from reclaimed gravel pits.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury may refer to:* The old or poetic name for Bury St Edmunds* St Edmundsbury, a borough centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds* The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and St James's Cathedral, St Edmundsbury...
district of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
in eastern England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Located around four miles north-west of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101, in 2005 it had a population of 270.
The parish contains the Lackford Lakes nature reserve and SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
, created from reclaimed gravel pits.
External links
- Community Council
- Lackford Lakes Suffolk Wildlife Trust