About the town » Hawkedon, Suffolk, England, Great Britain

Hawkedon is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around seven miles south-south-west of Bury St Edmunds, the parish also contains the hamlet of Thurston End, and in 2005 had a population of 120. The majority of the village is classed as a conservation area. Hawkedon recently has begun recording its history. The village has a large number of medieval buildings and the church is very unusual in that it is placed on the green. Although there are now no shops, there is still a village public house.