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Lakenheath is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It has a population of 4,691 according to the 2011 Census, and is situated close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire , and at the meeting point of The Fens and the Breckland natural environments.
Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath (IATA: LKZ, ICAO: EGUL) is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west of Thetford. The installation's perimeter borders Brandon.
RAF Lakenheath is a 111 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest covering parts of RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force base, east of Lakenheath in Suffolk. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is in the Breckland Special Area of Conservation .
England: Oxfordshire: The RAF's largest station, home to the strategic and tactical air-transport and air-to-air refuelling fleets (Boeing C-17A Globemaster, Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3, and the Airbus A400M Atlas, and latterly Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules C4/5 until their retirement in 2023). [6] RAF Coningsby: England: Lincolnshire
Lakenheath Warren is a 588.3-hectare (1,454-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [3] and part of Breckland Special Area of Conservation [4] [5] and Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
Wilde Street Meadow is an 11.6-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Lakenheath and Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. [1] [2] This site has a long history of traditional management, with low intensity summer grazing. It has areas of species-rich calcareous grassland, damp pasture, scrub and dykes.
Lakenheath Poor's Fen is a 5.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Lakenheath in Suffolk. [1] [2] This is mainly fen with diverse flora, and there are also areas of damp grassland, ditches and dykes. The grassland is grazed by cattle, and it has flowering plants including marsh pennywort and cuckoo flower.
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