Pakenham, Suffolk

Pakenham
Pakenham Water Mill
Pakenham Location within Suffolk
Population	922 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TL924673
District	West Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP31
UK Parliament	Bury St Edmunds
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°16′12″N 0°49′05″E / 52.270°N 0.818°E / 52.270; 0.818

Pakenham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Its name can be linked to Anglo-Saxon roots, Pacca being the founder of a settlement on the hill surrounding Pakenham church. The village describes itself as the "Village of Two Mills", as it has a water mill which claims to be the only working example in the county. The Pakenham windmill no longer works.

The village sits to the east of Bury St. Edmunds. From 1974 to 2019 it was administered as part of the borough of St Edmundsbury. Prior to the local government reorganisation of 1974 it was part of Thingoe Rural District.