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With the current cold weather, if you are concerned about about any one sleeping rough, please use the following link to make a Street Link referral: StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services

If you are Homeless, please contact Customer Services at West Suffolk Council: 01284 763233  State that you are homeless and your current situation.

If you are looking for a 'Warm Space' please follow this link: Warm spaces  Brandon Library and St Peters Church are listed for Brandon.

Welcome to Brandon Town Councils website.  Here we hope that you can find out all you need to know about Brandon, who we are, what we do and how we serve our community.

Potted history.

Brandon lies in The Brecks, one of the driest areas in England and a landscape of gorse-covered sandy and chalky soils characterised by purple heathland, tall pines and rare wildlife.

In the 11th century, Brandon was known as Bromdun meaning a ‘hill where broom grows’. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as having just 25 households and over the centuries the town expanded on the higher land of the Little Ouse valley.

From medieval times Brandon was renowned for ‘warrens’; the farming of rabbits for their pelts sold to London merchants. Warrens were still worked here into the early 1900s.

The main industry over time has been flint mining. From prehistoric times flint was mined across the Brecks with Brandon becoming a major centre for mining and knapping, the process whereby flint nodules are cut for gunflint. The quality of Brandon gunflint was so renowned that the town supplied the British Army for the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Today Brandon is a small market town with an estimated population of just over 10,500. It sits on the very edge of Thetford Forest, home to Brandon Country Park, with the Little Ouse River flowing through town and RAF Lakenheath airbase close by – you may hear jets flying low overhead.

Would you like to join our next meeting?

The next Full Council Meeting will be on Monday 10th February 2025  at Old School House, Market Hill, Brandon Suffolk, IP27 0AA.

Brandon Town Council – Proudly serving the residents of Brandon 

 

Disclaimer

We have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained on these pages is accurate and correct.  No liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by reliance on this information or any other information contained in sites to which this site may be linked.

Our local MP is: Nick Timothy 

His contact details are:  

Parliamentary Office

House of Commons

London
SW1A 0AA

 

Email:  [email protected]

Brandon Town Council Accessibility Statement

 

Introduction

Brandon Town Council is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards, as set out in The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Our website is hosted on the HugoFox platform, which automatically maintains compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA. Hugo Fox has also reviewed our website to ensure that links, texts, and design elements meet the latest web accessibility standards.

 

Scope of This Statement

This accessibility statement applies to:

The Brandon Town Council main website: https://www.brandontc.org.uk/community/brandon-town-council-20066/home/

 

Measures to Support Accessibility

We take the following measures to ensure accessibility:

• Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
• Provide regular training for staff on accessible content creation.
• Perform ongoing monitoring and testing to ensure continued compliance.
• Work closely with HugoFox to apply accessible design features (e.g., clear headings, readable fonts, sufficient colour contrasts, and logical keyboard navigation).
• Make slight modifications to links, text, and layout as advised by HugoFox’s accessibility review.

 

Compliance Status

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the ongoing maintenance and monitoring provided by HugoFox.

 

 

Non-accessible Content

At present, we do not believe there are any outstanding issues. However, if we discover any new issues or if any part of the site fails to meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards, we will update our statement and rectify the issues promptly.

 

Content Outside the Scope of the Regulations

Some of our older PDFs, documents, and maps may not be fully accessible. These are exempt under the regulations where fixing them would place a disproportionate burden on the Council. However, we are working towards providing accessible alternatives wherever possible.

 

Requesting Alternative Formats

If you need information on this website in a different format (such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille), please contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01842 811844

Postal Address: Brandon Town Council, Old School House, Market Hill, IP27 0AA

We will consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.

 

Reporting Accessibility Problems

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us by:

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01842 811844

 

Enforcement Procedure

If you contact us with a complaint and you are not happy with our response, or if you want to raise a concern that has not been addressed satisfactorily, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). The EASS provides independent advice and support for people with discrimination or human rights concerns in the UK:

Website: https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/

Telephone: 0808 800 0082

 

HugoFox’s Commitment

HugoFox is committed to maintaining all websites on its platform—including ours—to the latest web accessibility standards on behalf of its customers. Regular reviews and updates ensure ongoing compliance with WCAG 2.2 AA.

 

Preparation of This Accessibility Statement

Date published: 07/01/2025

Date of last review: 07/01/2025