Suffolk

Suffolk
Suffolk
Ceremonial county
	The village of Orford from Orford Ness, Ipswich waterfront, and the Norman Tower, Bury St Edmunds
	Coordinates: 52°12′N 1°00′E / 52.200°N 1.000°E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East
Established	Ancient
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	List of MPs
Police	Suffolk Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Clare FitzRoy, Countess of Euston
High Sheriff	Gulshan Kayembe (2025–26)
Area	3,798 km2 (1,466 sq mi)
• Ranked	8th of 48
Population (2005 est.)	692,100
• Ranked	32nd of 48
Density	182/km2 (470/sq mi)
Ethnicity	97.2% White
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Suffolk County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Ipswich
Area	4,106 km2 (1,585 sq mi)
• Ranked	of 26
Population	692,100
• Ranked	13th of 26
Density	182/km2 (470/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-SFK
ONS code	42
GSS code	E10000029
ITL	UKH14
Website	suffolk.gov.uk
Districts
	; Districts of Suffolk
Districts	Ipswich; East Suffolk; Mid Suffolk; Babergh; West Suffolk;

Suffolk is an East Anglian county in England (UK) The counties around Suffolk are Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea is on the east. The county town is Ipswich and other big towns include Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds. Felixstowe is one of the largest container ports in Europe.