Wangford with Henham is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the East Suffolk district of the

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. It is around east of

Halesworth Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...

, north-west of

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is ...

and south of

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow fl ...

.Wangford Conservation Area

Waveney District Council Waveney may refer to: * River Waveney, a river that forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England * Waveney District, a local government district in Suffolk, England * Waveney (UK Parliament constituency) * Waveney class lifeboat, a class ...

, 2009, p.5. Republished by East Suffolk District Council. Retrieved 2020-02-08. The parish includes the village of

Wangford Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wangford with Henham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road on the edge of the Henham Park estate just outside Southwo ...

, the hamlet of Barnaby Green and Henham Park, the site of the

Latitude Festival The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006 and has been held every year since, apart from 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-1 ...

and a variety of other events.Wangford with Henham
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-08. The Henham estate, owned by the Rous family, later the Earls of Stradbroke, owned much of the land in the parish and were responsible for many of the buildings in the area.Wangford Conservation Area, pp.9–11, p.21. The parish has an area of . The current parish was formed in April 1987 from the parishes of Wangford and

Henham __NOTOC__ Henham, or Henham-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is situated north from London Stansted Airport. The parish includes the hamlets of Little Henham and Pledgdon Green ...

. It borders the parishes of

Blyford Blyford (formerly known as Blythford) is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about east of Halesworth and separated from Wenhaston by the River Blyth, Suffolk to the south. It is in the civil parish of ...

Blythburgh Blythburgh is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is west of Southwold and south-east of Halesworth and lies on the River Blyth. The A12 road runs through the village which is split ...

Frostenden Frostenden is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is around south-west of Lowestoft and north-west of Southwold and lies on the A12 road between Wrentham and Wangford. Neighbouring pa ...

, Reydon, Sotherton and Uggeshall. At the

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the parish had a population of 591, reduced from a mid 2005 estimate of 640.Estimates of Total Population of Areas in SuffolkArchived
2008-12-19.),

Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association. History Est ...

, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19 A 2016 estimate suggested that the population had continued to decline to a total of 546. The A12 runs through the east of the parish, bypassing the village of Wangford. The A145 road runs through to the west of Henham Park through the western part of the parish, whilst the A1095 marks the southern edge of the parish, linking Southwold to the A12 at

and the B1126 runs from Wangford to Reydon and Southwold.

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