Forest Heath District Council provided
district-level functions.
County-level functions were provided by
Suffolk County Council. The whole district was also divided into
civil parishes, which provided a third tier of local government. The district council was based at offices on College Heath Road in Mildenhall. The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1980. After the council's abolition in 2019, the building was deemed surplus to requirements, and it was subsequently demolished. ==Education==