Beck Row is a village in the

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill is a civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,048. The parish covers an area to the north of Mildenhall, including Beck Row, H ...

, in the

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district, in the county of

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

, England. The village is close to

RAF Mildenhall Royal Air Force Mildenhall, or more simply RAF Mildenhall , is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station located near Mildenhall, Suffolk, Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as a List of Royal Air Force stations, ...

and is home to about 3000 people. The village has an old church and a beacon dating from the time of the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy and a combined fleet of the French Navy, French and Spanish Navy, Spanish navies during the War of the Third Coalition. As part of Na ...

. A

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recipient, Ron Middleton, is buried in the local cemetery, with a small cul-de-sac named in his honour.

External links

Wikimapia: Legendary hotel and pub
for visiting

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airmen. Villages in Suffolk Forest Heath {{Suffolk-geo-stub