What is Breckland District?
'''Breckland District''' is a local government district in [[Norfolk]], [[England]]. About 135,000 people live there. It was created on 1 April 1974. Its council is based in [[East Dereham]]. Breckland District gets its name from the [[Breckland]] landscape region. That is a [[gorse]]-covered sandy [[heath]] of south Norfolk and north [[Suffolk]]. The term ''Breckland'' is ancient. It is found as early as the 13th century in the form Brakelond. [[Category:Breckland District| ]] [[Category:1974 establishments in England]] {{multistub|UK|geo}}