Brandon

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Brandon is a town in Suffolk, England, known for its location on the Breckland railway line and its surrounding Breckland heathland and forestry.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Brandon canonical 14

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
ceremonialCounty Suffolk
country England
dialCode 01842
distanceTo approximately 12 miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds
approximately 30 miles south-west of Norwich
approximately 6 miles north-west of Mildenhall
governingBody West Suffolk District Council
hasEconomicActivity forestry
light industry
tourism
hasLandUse commercial forestry
military training areas nearby
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Grimes Graves
hasNearbyMilitarySite RAF Lakenheath
RAF Mildenhall
hasNearbyProtectedLandscape Breckland heath
surface form: Breckland Special Area of Conservation

Breckland heath
surface form: Breckland Special Protection Area
hasParishCouncil Brandon Town Council
hasPrimaryIndustryHistory flint mining
fur and felt hat making
hasRailwayStation Brandon railway station
hasTransportLink A1065 road NERFINISHED
B1106 road
locatedIn Breckland district
surface form: Breckland

East of England
Suffolk
locatedNearBorderWith Cambridgeshire, England
surface form: Cambridgeshire

Norfolk
locatedOn Breckland line
surface form: Breckland Line
locatedOnRiver River Little Ouse
surface form: Little Ouse
near Thetford Forest
OSGridReference TL 776 866
parliamentaryConstituency West Suffolk
postalTown Brandon self-link
postCodeArea IP
postCodeDistrict IP27
railwayLineConnectsTo CAMBRIDGE
surface form: Cambridge

Ely
Norwich
Thetford
region East Anglia
shireCounty Suffolk
shireDistrict West Suffolk
surroundedBy Breckland heath
surface form: Breckland heathland

forestry

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Breckland line passesThrough Brandon
Suffolk containsSettlement Brandon
Assiniboine River nearbyCity Brandon
Brandon postalTown Brandon self-link
Lakenheath hasPostTown Brandon
State Road 60 passesThroughCity Brandon
subject surface form: State Road 60
West Suffolk contains Brandon
The Brecks containsTown Brandon
Weeting nearestTown Brandon
Brandon Wheat Kings city Brandon