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Santon Downham is a village and civil parish in the
Suffolk County Council The village is located within Thetford Forest on a meander of the River Little Ouse on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Thetford is southeast and the nearest railway station is in Brandon west.
The village was the administrative centre for the Eastern Forestry Commission for many years, following the planting of tens of thousands of trees in the
Village websiteVillage Hall websiteParish Council websiteExplore Santon Downham
at forestry.gov.uk * {{authority control Villages in Suffolk Forest Heath Civil parishes in Suffolk
West Suffolk West Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England:
* West Suffolk (county), a county until 1974
* West Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019
* West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...
district of Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders 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; other important towns include Lowes ...
in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 240.Estimates of Total Population of Areas in SuffolkSuffolk County Council The village is located within Thetford Forest on a meander of the River Little Ouse on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Thetford is southeast and the nearest railway station is in Brandon west.
History
The village was the administrative centre for the Eastern Forestry Commission for many years, following the planting of tens of thousands of trees in the Breckland
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ...
to form the Thetford Forest. The District office and staff were housed in a 1960s office building close to the site of the now-demolished Downham Hall. The Hall garden formed the base for the nursery department of the district. The Forestry Commission repair depot was built close by in an award-winning building, next to which stood the Forestry Commission fire station. A Bedford ' Green Goddess' fire tender and a water tanker were kept in the fire station due to the high fire risk in the area.
In 1972 the bridge over the River Little Ouse appeared in programme 50 of the fifth series of BBC's sitcom '' Dad's Army'', when Captain Mainwaring and his troops attempt to demolish it.
Climate
Santon Downham has anoceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
( Köppen: ''Cfb'').
On 18 July 2022 a high of 38.1°C was recorded in Santon Downham, making it the hottest place in England and the United Kingdom on that day.
Transport
The Santon Downham Tramway was a 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) long narrow-gauge railway, which was operated around 1918 to 1922.See also
* Santon, NorfolkReferences
External links
Village website
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