Babergh

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Region: East of England
Country: England

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Babergh in southern Suffolk is renowned for its scenic villages and landscapes immortalised in the paintings of John Constable. Dedham Vale, part of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB, includes Flatford Mill and East Bergholt, while Lavenham is famous for its timber-framed medieval houses and guildhall. Sudbury and Hadleigh are bustling market towns, with riverside meadows and historic high streets. The countryside is dotted with rolling fields, rivers, and woodland, creating a quintessential English rural district.

The local authority for this district is: Babergh District Council - responsible for district-level services. Since Suffolk is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: Suffolk County Council.

This district page, Babergh, is a sub-page of this county page: Suffolk and this region page: East of England. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Babergh

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Babergh

Babergh is divided into 24 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Assington
  • Box Vale
  • Brantham
  • Brett Vale
  • Bures St Mary & Nayland
  • Capel St Mary
  • Chadacre
  • Copdock & Washbrook
  • East Bergholt
  • Ganges
  • Great Cornard
  • Hadleigh North
  • Hadleigh South
  • Lavenham
  • Long Melford
  • North West Cosford
  • Orwell
  • South East Cosford
  • Sproughton & Pinewood
  • Stour
  • Sudbury North East
  • Sudbury North West
  • Sudbury South East
  • Sudbury South West

Babergh in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Babergh is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) East of England
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Suffolk
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Babergh and Mid Suffolk

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Suffolk