Cavenham

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Suffolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image = St Andrew's Church, Cavenham.jpg

|static_image_width = 240px

|static_image_caption=St Andrew's Church, Cavenham

|coordinates = {{coord|52.2968|00.5839|display=inline,title}}

|official_name =Cavenham

|population = 136

|population_ref = (2011 census)

|shire_district= West Suffolk

|shire_county= Suffolk

|region=East of England

|constituency_westminster= West Suffolk

|post_town= Bury St Edmonds

|postcode_district = IP28

|postcode_area= IP

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TL7669

}}

Cavenham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} northwest of Bury St Edmunds. It is in the local government district of West Suffolk, and the electoral ward of Manor.{{cite web | title =Ward: Manor | publisher =Forest Heath District Council | url =http://www.forest-heath.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/12627BBC-E30F-4D4F-A12E-9655AFFF681B/0/CAV.pdf | accessdate =2008-05-25 }} At the 2021 UK census, Cavenham Parish had a population of 141.{{cite web | title =Cavenham CP | publisher =Neighbourhood Statistics| url =http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=799661&c=Cavenham&d=16&e=15&g=487609&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211702963159&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779| accessdate =2008-05-25 }} In the 1870s it had a population of 229.{{cite web | title =Cavenham Through Time | url =http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=7081 | accessdate =2011-01-21}}

The parish includes Cavenham Heath, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with a sand and gravel quarry close to it{{cite web

| title =Planning Applications – R03/214

| publisher =Suffolk County Council

| url =http://apps2.suffolk.gov.uk/cgi-bin/committee_xml.cgi?p=doc&id=1_5151&format=html

| date =2003-11-04

| accessdate =2008-05-25

| url-status =dead

| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110811154232/http://apps2.suffolk.gov.uk/cgi-bin/committee_xml.cgi?p=doc&id=1_5151&format=html

| archivedate =2011-08-11

}} and is the location of the Black Ditches, an Anglo-Saxon boundary ditch which is believed to be the most easterly of a series of early Anglo-Saxon defensive earthworks built across the Icknield Way. Part of this also forms an SSSI to the south-east of the village.