The district also includes the towns of Attleborough, Swaffham and Watton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.

The district derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse-covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk.

The whole district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.

The elections are run at different times across the country with Breckland's typically being in early Spring and bi-annually.

[24][25] The council also maintains an area office at Breckland House on St Nicholas Street in Thetford, which was completed in 1992 and formally opened on 20 May 1993 by Elizabeth II.