Breckland

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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.

Breckland in Norfolk is a large rural district characterised by heathland, pine forests, and scattered market towns. The Thetford Forest, one of the largest man-made forests in the UK, dominates the landscape, offering outdoor recreation and nature habitats. Market towns like Thetford, Dereham, Swaffham, and Attleborough provide historic centres with medieval churches and traditional markets. The Brecks, with sandy soils, heath, and rare wildlife, give the district its unique geography, while wide open skies and agricultural fields shape its rural atmosphere.

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

This district page, Breckland, is a sub-page of this county page: Norfolk 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 Breckland

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 Breckland

Breckland is divided into 27 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • All Saints & Wayland
  • Ashill
  • Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft
  • Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe
  • Bedingfeld
  • Dereham Neatherd
  • Dereham Toftwood
  • Dereham Withburga
  • Forest
  • Guiltcross
  • Harling & Heathlands
  • Hermitage
  • Launditch
  • Lincoln
  • Mattishall
  • Nar Valley
  • Necton
  • Saham Toney
  • Shipdham-with-Scarning
  • Swaffham
  • The Buckenhams & Banham
  • Thetford Boudica
  • Thetford Burrell
  • Thetford Castle
  • Thetford Priory
  • Upper Wensum
  • Watton

Breckland in International Geographies

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

  1. (ITL 1) East of England
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Norfolk
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Breckland and South Norfolk

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 Norfolk