Brandon
Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English region of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland area on the boundary of Suffolk with the adjoining region of Norfolk. Bordered by Forestry Commission and also agricultural land it is considered a rural community. The town's present population is recorded as 9,636 individuals in the 2011 UK Census. Brandon has 3 schools; 2 primary, Forest Academy and also Glade Academy; and one High School, IES Breckland. Brandon's population has continuously boosted since the Second World War because of immigration. After the war, there was an influx of servicemen from Poland that cleared up in the community as well as also in nearby Weeting, Norfolk. The Cold War saw several American service individuals as well as their family members billeted in and around the community. The Greater London Council managed the building of a big Council estate off Thetford Road and Bury Road in the 1970s as well as many London families were moved to Brandon during that time.