Leiston

town in eastern Suffolk, England
Place town Q2519667
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Leiston

Summary

Leiston is a town[1]. Leiston has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Leiston is located in East Suffolk[3].
  • Leiston is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Leiston's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Leiston's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Leiston's postal code is recorded as IP16[7].
  • Leiston's Commons category is recorded as Leiston[8].
  • Leiston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Leiston's said to be the same as is recorded as Leiston[10].
  • Leiston's local dialing code is recorded as 01728[11].
  • Leiston's OS grid reference is recorded as TM445623[12].
  • Leiston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.206, 'lon': 1.579}[13].
  • Leiston's authority is recorded as Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town Council[14].
  • Leiston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leiston[15].
  • Leiston has a population of {'amount': '+5750'}[16].
  • Leiston has a population of {'amount': '+5357'}[17].
  • Leiston has a population of {'amount': '+5508'}[18].
  • Leiston's historic county is recorded as Suffolk[19].

Body

Geography

Leiston is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Leiston is located in East Suffolk[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+5750'}[16], {'amount': '+5357'}[17], and {'amount': '+5508'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and civil parish[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Leiston include Leiston F.C.[20], an association football club[21], in United Kingdom[22], founded in 1880[23].

Why It Matters

Leiston has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Leiston is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for Leiston include Leiston F.C.[20], an association football club[21], in United Kingdom[22], founded in 1880[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity East Suffolk
    Coordinate location {'lat': 52.206, 'lon': 1.579}
    Population {'amount': '+5750'}, {'amount': '+5357'}, {'amount': '+5508'}
    Located in
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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