Brandon
Brandon is a village and also civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon lies in the Breckland location on the boundary of Suffolk with the adjoining region of Norfolk. Surrounded by Forestry Commission and also farming land it is taken into consideration a country community. The town's current population is recorded as 9,636 people in the 2011 UK Census. Brandon has 3 colleges; 2 primary, Forest Academy as well as Glade Academy; and also one Secondary school, IES Breckland. Brandon's population has actually steadily increased since the Second World War as a result of immigration. After the war, there was an influx of servicemen from Poland who settled in the town as well as likewise in nearby Weeting, Norfolk. The Cold War saw many American solution people and also their family members billeted in and around the town. The Greater London Council supervised the building of a huge Council estate off Thetford Road and also Bury Road in the 1970s as well as numerous London families were transferred to Brandon during that time.