Iken

Also known as Iken, Suffolk

Iken is a small village and civil parish in the sandlands of the English county of Suffolk, an area formerly of heathland and sheep pasture. It is near the estuary of the River Alde on the North Sea coast and is located south east of Snape and due north of Orford. To its west is Tunstall Forest, created since the 1920s by the Forestry Commission and now part of the Sandlings Forest.

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Place details

Locality: East Suffolk
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Iken
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.population: 101
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.post_town: Woodbridge
UK place.postcode_area: IP
UK place.postcode_district: IP12
UK place.constituency_westminster: Suffolk Coastal
UK place.shire_district: East Suffolk
UK place.shire_county: Suffolk
UK place.hide_services: Yes
UK place.static_image_name: St Botolph's Church, Iken - geograph.org.uk - 66703.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Botolph's Church, Iken

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Wikidata facts

Population: 114
Image: St Botolph's Church, Iken - geograph.org.uk - 66703.jpg

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St Botolph's Church
Governance
Buildings
Notes
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Iken was part of Sudbourne Hall Estate. It was composed largely of tenant farms and cottages for farm workers. The owners of the estate valued the area more for shooting than farming, and a decoy pond was built at Iken in the eighteenth century. Since the break up of the Estate Iken has remained a "close" village: only a handful of new houses have been built and no council houses have ever been built.