Brandon is a village and also civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland location on the boundary of Suffolk with the adjoining region of Norfolk. Bordered by Forestry Commission and also agricultural land it is thought about a country town. The town's present population is recorded as 9,636 people in the 2011 UK Census. Brandon has three colleges; 2 main, Forest Academy and Glade Academy; and one High School, IES Breckland. Brandon's population has steadily increased given that the Second World War due to immigration. After the war, there was an influx of servicemen from Poland who settled in the community as well as additionally in close-by Weeting, Norfolk. The Cold War saw many American service individuals as well as their households billeted in and around the town. The Greater London Council oversaw the building of a big Council estate off Thetford Road as well as Bury Road in the 1970s as well as numerous London households were moved to Brandon throughout that time.