Leiston

town in eastern Suffolk, England
Place town Q2519667
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Leiston

Summary

Leiston is a town[1]. Leiston ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leiston is located in East Suffolk[3].
  • Leiston is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Leiston's image is recorded as Crossroads - geograph.org.uk - 1443426.jpg[5].
  • Leiston's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Leiston's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Leiston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 312800774[8].
  • Leiston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81019314[9].
  • Leiston's postal code is recorded as IP16[10].
  • Leiston's Commons category is recorded as Leiston[11].
  • Leiston's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4744926[12].
  • Leiston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[13].
  • Leiston's said to be the same as is recorded as Leiston[14].
  • Leiston's local dialing code is recorded as 01728[15].
  • Leiston's OS grid reference is recorded as TM445623[16].
  • Leiston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.206, 'lon': 1.579}[17].
  • Leiston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0sydv[18].
  • Leiston's authority is recorded as Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town Council[19].
  • Leiston's GSS code is recorded as E04009426[20].
  • Leiston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leiston[21].
  • Leiston's page banner is recorded as Leiston banner Floral Display on Lovers Lane.jpg[22].
  • Leiston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5750'}[23].
  • Leiston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5357'}[24].
  • Leiston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5508'}[25].
  • Leiston's WOEID is recorded as 26094[26].
  • Leiston's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2644642[27].

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'}[23], {'amount': '+5357'}[24], and {'amount': '+5508'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and civil parish[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Leiston include Leiston F.C.[28], an association football club[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1880[31].

Why It Matters

Leiston ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2] Leiston has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Leiston is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Leiston include Leiston F.C.[28], an association football club[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1880[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Leiston. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/leiston
MLA “Leiston.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/leiston.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_leiston_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Leiston}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/leiston}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Leiston — https://4ort.xyz/entity/leiston (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/leiston · Last refreshed: