This article is about the English county. For other uses, see Suffolk (disambiguation).

Suffolk
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & Administrative County
Region:	East of England
Area: - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 8th 3,801 km² Ranked 7th
Admin HQ:	Ipswich
ISO 3166-2:	GB-SFK
ONS code:	42
NUTS 3:	UKH14
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council	Ranked 32nd 671,931 177 / km² Ranked 14th
Ethnicity:	97.2% White
Politics
Suffolk County Council http://www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/
Executive:	Labour & Liberal Democrat
Members of Parliament
Bob Blizzard, John Gummer, Michael Lord, Chris Mole, David Ruffley, Richard Spring, Tim Yeo
Districts
Ipswich Suffolk Coastal Waveney Mid Suffolk Babergh St Edmundsbury Forest Heath

Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large, low-lying county in East Anglia in eastern 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. The county town is Ipswich and other important towns are Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds.

The Suffolk Broads area is part of The Broads National Park. The Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

From 1889 to 1974, Suffolk was split into two administrative counties , East Suffolk and West Suffolk, with East Suffolk's council based in Ipswich, and West Suffolk's in Bury St Edmunds.

Towns and villages

• Aldeburgh
• Beccles, Blundeston , Blythburgh , Bradenham , Bradfield Combust , Bradfield St. Clare , Bradfield St. George , Bramford, Brandon , Bungay, Bury St Edmunds
• Capel St. Mary, Cavendish
• Ditchingham, Dunwich
• East Bergholt, Eye
• Felixstowe, Framlingham
• Hadleigh, Halesworth , Haverhill, Herringfleet, Honington, Hintlesham
• Ipswich
• Kesgrave, Kessingland, Kettlebaston
• Leiston, Lowestoft - most easterly town in Britain
• Mildenhall
• Needham Market, Newmarket, Norton
• Orford, Oulton Oulton Broad
• St Olaves, Saxmundham , Saxtead , Saxtead Green , Shelley , Snape, Somerleyton, Southwold, Sudbury
• Walberswick, Wickham Market , Woodbridge
• Yoxford

Places of interest

• Suffolk Broads
• RSPB Stour Estuary
• The Broads National Park
• Suffolk Heritage Coast
• Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path
• Dedham Vale
• Orford Ness
• Saxtead Green Post Mill
• Southwold Lighthouse
• Clare Castle
• Leiston Abbey
• Sue Ryder Foundation Museum
• Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
• Sutton Hoo
• Aldeburgh Festival
• Adnams brewery

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