Suffolk

This article is about the English county. For other uses, see Suffolk (disambiguation). {| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=300\n|-\n!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Suffolk\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography\n|-\n|width="45%"|Status:||Ceremonial & Administrative County\n|-\n|Region:||East of England\n|-\n|Area:
- Total
- Admin. council||Ranked 8th
3,801 km²
Ranked 7th\n|-\n|Admin HQ:||Ipswich\n|-\n|ISO 3166-2:||GB-SFK\n|-\n|ONS code:||42\n|-\n|NUTS 3:||UKH14\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics\n|-\n|Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council||Ranked 32nd
671,931
177 / km²
Ranked 14th\n|-\n|Ethnicity:||97.2% White\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|Suffolk County Council
Liberal Democrat\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|Members of Parliament\n|-\n|colspan=2|Bob Blizzard, John Gummer, Michael Lord, Chris Mole, David Ruffley, Richard Spring, Tim Yeo\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Districts\n|-\n|colspan=2|\n#Ipswich\n#Suffolk Coastal\n#Waveney\n#Mid Suffolk\n#Babergh\n#St Edmundsbury\n#Forest Heath\n|} Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large, low-lying county in East Anglia in eastern England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich and other important towns are Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds. The Suffolk Broads area is part of The Broads National Park.\nThe Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. From 1889 to 1974, Suffolk was split into two administrative counties, East Suffolk and West Suffolk, with East Suffolk's council based in Ipswich, and West Suffolk's in Bury St Edmunds.

Towns and villages

\n*Aldeburgh\n*Beccles, Blundeston, Blythburgh, Bradenham, Brandon, Bungay, Bury St Edmunds\n*Capel St. Mary, Cavendish\n*Ditchingham, Dunwich\n*East Bergholt, Eye\n*Felixstowe, Framlingham\n*Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Herringfleet, Honington, Hintlesham\n*Ipswich\n*Kesgrave, Kessingland, Kettlebaston\n*Leiston, Lowestoft - most easterly town in Britain\n*Mildenhall\n*Needham Market, Newmarket, Norton\n*Orford, Oulton Oulton Broad\n*St Olaves, Saxmundham, Saxtead, Saxtead Green, Shelley, Snape, Somerleyton, Southwold, Sudbury\n*Walberswick, Wickham Market, Woodbridge

Places of interest

\n*Suffolk Broads\n*RSPB Stour Estuary\n*The Broads National Park\n*Suffolk Heritage Coast\n*Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path\n*Dedham Vale\n*Orford Ness\n*Saxtead Green Post Mill\n*Southwold Lighthouse\n*Clare Castle\n*Leiston Abbey\n*Sue Ryder Foundation Museum\n*Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum\n*Sutton Hoo\n*Aldeburgh Festival\n*Adnams brewery