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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.
After the US desegregated the military in 1948, a little community of mixed-race children, whose mothers were British and whose fathers were black American servicemembers based at Lakenheath, formed in Norwich. [19] Vanessa Baird, whose father was a black GI based in Lakenheath airfield and whose mother was a Liverpudlian, was born in April 1958.
The United States Air Force (USAF) 501st Combat Support Wing manages and supports operations at RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and RAF Welford, whereas RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall are managed by their respective host wings.
The RAF Lakenheath airbase is west of the former parish area with the main runway extending into it. [2] Wangford is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Lakenheath and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Brandon, close to the A1065 road. In 2001 the parish had a population of 7.
Hockwold cum Wilton ("Hock/mallow wood and willow-tree farm/settlement" [2]) is 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is located near several USAF airbases, notably RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall.
Prior to the 48th Fighter Wing taking responsibility for RAF Feltwell it was administered by Detachment 4 of the 18th Intelligence Squadron, which was a space control intelligence organization of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and other worldwide geographically separated detachments.
Forest Heath was a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Mildenhall. Other towns in the district included Newmarket. The population of the district at the 2011 Census was 59,748. [1] The district's name reflected the fact that it contains parts of both Thetford Forest and the heathlands of Breckland.
Magic Map Maidscross Hill is a 44.8-hectare (111-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Lakenheath in Suffolk . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [ 3 ] and larger area of 49.8 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve .