[1] The district's name reflected the fact that it contains parts of both Thetford Forest and the heathlands of Breckland.

[2] Forest Heath was the home to two of the largest United States Air Force (USAF) airbases in the UK: RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, as well as the headquarters of British horse racing, Newmarket Racecourse.

In the English indices of deprivation 2010 report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government, two parts of Forest Heath have the highest employment out of 32483 areas in England.

[5] As of the 2015 Local Government Elections, the Conservatives held overall control of the District Council.

The Shi-Tennoji School in UK in Herringswell, Forest Heath was in operation beginning in 1985,[6] and ending on 17 July 2000.