Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk District
Non-metropolitan district
Mid Suffolk shown within Suffolk and England Mid Suffolk shown within Suffolk and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Suffolk
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Needham Market
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Mid Suffolk District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Daniel Poulter David Ruffley
Area
• Total	336.3 sq mi (871.1 km2)
Area rank	40th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	99,121
• Rank	237th (of 326)
• Density	290/sq mi (110/km2)
• Ethnicity	99.0% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	42UE (ONS) E07000203 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TM0853555286
Website	www.midsuffolk.gov.uk

Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Needham Market, and the largest town is Stowmarket.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket urban district, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and Thedwastre Rural District.

Communities

The district has the most parishes in Suffolk, with a total of 122 parishes and towns.

• Akenham
• Ashbocking
• Ashfield cum Thorpe
• Aspall
• Athelington
• Bacton
• Badley
• Badwell Ash
• Barham
• Barking
• Battisford
• Baylham
• Bedfield
• Bedingfield
• Beyton
• Botesdale
• Braiseworth
• Bramford
• Brome and Oakley
• Brundish
• Burgate
• Buxhall
• Claydon
• Coddenham
• Combs
• Cotton
• Creeting St Mary
• Creeting St Peter
• Crowfield
• Darmsden
• Debenham
• Denham
• Drinkstone
• Elmswell
• Eye
• Felsham
• Finningham
• Flowton
• Framsden
• Fressingfield
• Gedding
• Gipping
• Gislingham
• Gosbeck
• Great Ashfield
• Great Blakenham
• Great Bricett
• Great Finborough
• Harleston
• Haughley
• Helmingham
• Hemingstone
• Henley
• Hessett
• Hinderclay
• Horham
• Hoxne
• Hunston
• Kenton
• Langham
• Laxfield
• Little Blakenham
• Little Finborough
• Mellis
• Mendham
• Mendlesham
• Metfield
• Mickfield
• Monk Soham
• Needham Market
• Nettlestead
• Norton
• Occold
• Offton
• Old Newton with Dagworth
• Onehouse
• Palgrave
• Pettaugh
• Rattlesden
• Redgrave
• Redlingfield
• Rickinghall Inferior
• Rickinghall Superior
• Ringshall
• Rishangles
• Shelland
• Somersham
• Southolt
• Stoke Ash
• Stonham Aspal
• Stonham Earl
• Stonham Parva
• Stowlangtoft
• Stowmarket
• Stowupland
• Stradbroke
• Stuston
• Syleham
• Tannington
• Thorndon
• Thornham Magna
• Thornham Parva
• Thrandeston
• Thurston
• Thwaite
• Tostock
• Walsham-le-Willows
• Wattisfield
• Westhorpe
• Wetherden
• Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford
• Weybread
• Whitton
• Wickham Skeith
• Wilby
• Willisham
• Wingfield
• Winston
• Woolpit
• Worlingworth
• Wortham
• Wyverstone
• Yaxley

External links

• Mid Suffolk District Council
• Table of wards that comprise Mid Suffolk and the parishes that this 2001 law defines as constituting each of those wards