Icklingham
Sign in to savethumb|Icklingham Village Sign Icklingham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located about north-west of Bury St Edmunds, south-east of Mildenhall and south-west of Thetford in Norfolk. The village is on the A1101 road between Bury St Edmunds and Mildenhall in the north-west of the county. The area around the village, characterised by a sandy gravel-laden soil, is known as Breckland, though an arm of the fen-like peat follows the River Lark past the village.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Icklingham
- UK place.population
- 423
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Suffolk
- UK place.post_town
- Bury St Edmunds
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP28
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL7772
- UK place.static_image
- Icklingham - Church of All Saints (2).jpg
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- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Forest Heath
- Population
- +423
- Image
- St. James' church at Icklingham - geograph.org.uk - 608675.jpg
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thumb|Icklingham Village Sign Icklingham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located about north-west of Bury St Edmunds, south-east of Mildenhall and south-west of Thetford in Norfolk. The village is on the A1101 road between Bury St Edmunds and Mildenhall in the north-west of the county. The area around the village, characterised by a sandy gravel-laden soil, is known as Breckland, though an arm of the fen-like peat follows the River Lark past the village.
The village straddles the River Lark, a tributary to the Great Ouse. It was once navigable up to Bury St Edmunds, with locks installed; these are now redundant, the remains of at least one lock being visible near Icklingham. The river is the reason for the siting of Icklingham's most prominent industry, the local flour mill. There are two churches in the village: St. James, and All Saints Church, Icklingham, which is of Norman in origin and a Grade I listed building.