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Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. [1] [2] Brandon is located in the Breckland area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of Norfolk. It lies between the towns of Bury St Edmunds, Thetford, Mildenhall, Downham Market and the city of Ely. [3]
Wangford Warren and Carr is a 67.8-hectare (168-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Brandon and Lakenheath in Suffolk. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [3] and part of the Breckland Special Area of Conservation, [4] [5] and Special Protection Area [6] [7] An area of 15 hectares is managed as a nature reserve by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust [8]
Arms of Brandon: Barry of ten argent and gules, a lion rampant or ducally crowned per pale of the first and second. Sir William Brandon (died 1491), of Wangford in Suffolk, was an English landowner, administrator, soldier, courtier and politician. [1] His grandson was Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, a courtier and close friend of King ...
In 1820 Edward Bliss bought Brandon Park house and grounds using wealth he generated from selling gun flint during the Napoleonic Wars. [5] He built a walled garden and an arboretum with exotic species including Blue Atlas Cedar, Monkey Puzzle Trees and Giant Redwoods.
Brandon railway station is on the Breckland Line in the East of England, serving the town of Brandon, Suffolk, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east. Brandon is 86 miles 32 chains (139 km) from London Liverpool Street via Ely.
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Suffolk 52°25′19″N 0°34′19″E / 52.422°N 0.572°E / 52.422; Wangford is a village and former civil parish , now in the parish of Brandon , in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk .
The River Little Ouse, also known as the Brandon River, is a river in the east of England, a tributary of the River Great Ouse. For much of its length it defines the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. It rises east of Thelnetham, close to the source of the River Waveney, which flows eastwards while the Little Ouse flows west.