| Waveney District | |
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 Shown within Suffolk |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Suffolk |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 111th 370.39 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Lowestoft |
| ONS code: | 42UH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density |
Ranked 177th 117,700 318 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.8% White |
| Politics | |
| Waveney District Council www.waveney.gov.uk |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Bob Blizzard, John Gummer, Michael Lord |
Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that forms its north-west border. The district council is based in Lowestoft,the capital of Waveney, which is the only unparished area in the district. The other towns in the district are Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Southwold.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Beccles, Lowestoft and Southwold, along with Bungay and Halesworth urban districts, Wainford Rural District and part of Lothingland Rural District. Waveney District Council is currently under Conservative Party control.
List of communities
There are 58 towns and civil parishes in Waveney.
- All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham
- Barnby
- Barsham
- Beccles
- Benacre
- Blundeston
- Blyford
- Brampton with Stoven
- Bungay
- Carlton Colville
- Corton
- Covehithe
- Ellough
- Flixton (Lothingland Ward)
- Flixton (The Saints Ward)
- Frostenden
- Gisleham
- Halesworth
- Henstead with Hulver Street
- Holton
- Kessingland
- Lound
- Lowestoft
- Mettingham
- Mutford
- North Cove
- Oulton
- Pakefield
- Redisham
- Reydon
- Ringsfield
- Rumburgh
- Rushmere
- St Andrew, Ilketshall
- St Cross, South Elmham
- St James, South Elmham
- St John, Ilketshall
- St Lawrence, Ilketshall
- St Margaret, Ilketshall
- St Margaret, South Elmham
- St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield
- St Michael, South Elmham
- St Peter, South Elmham
- Shadingfield
- Shipmeadow
- Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
- Sotherton
- Sotterley
- South Cove
- Southwold
- Spexhall
- Uggeshall
- Wangford with Henham
- Westhall
- Weston
- Willingham St Mary
- Wissett
- Worlingham
- Wrentham
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Coordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°45′22″E / 52.4831°N 1.7561°E
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