The Sign
The sign shows the church of St Lawrence with a skein of geese flying south; the meandering River Lark and part of the Ickneild Way with a pine tree on the bank, where many can be found outwards to Thetford Forest. The artist was the late Audrey Blake! The village sign was refurbished for the Millennium along with tree planting and presented by Lackford Community Council and supported by Suffolk Waste Disposal Company as shown on  plaque on the sign, on the 25th March 2000.

The Name and Population
The population was 255 at the 2011 census. It was called Le(a)cforda in 1086 and Leacforde in 1095. The name means "The ford where the leeks grow", from Old English. The river Lark is a back-formation of the name first appearing in 1735. The ford is where the river crosses the Icknield Way.

Other Points of Interest
The parish contains the Lackford Lakes nature reserve and SSSI, created from reclaimed gravel pits. The Black Ditches run to the west of the parish and mark the parish boundary with Cavenham in places. These are believed to be the most easterly of a series of early Anglo-Saxon defensive earthworks built across the Icknield Way.

Lackford St Lawrence