Hawkedon is a village and civil parish in West Suffolk located around seven miles (11 km) south-south-west of Bury St Edmunds, the parish also contains the hamlet of Thurston End, and in 2005 had a population of 120.

The majority of the village is classed as a conservation area.

The name means “hill of the hawks”, derived from the Old English hafoc meaning hawk (in the genitive plural), and the Old English dūn meaning hill.

The village is recorded in the Domesday book with a population of 24 households in 1086; 10 freemen, seven smallholders, five slaves and two villagers.

There are many medieval and listed properties in the parish, notably the Grade I Swan Hall and Thurston End Hall (both fine timber-framed 16th-century houses). The village also has a 1935 listed K6 telephone box to the west of the pub. There's a total of 19 listed buildings in the parish.

Although there are now no shops, there is a 15th-century pub called The Queen's Head (formerly known as the Queen Inn).

The 15th-century church, St Mary's, is very unusual in that it is placed on the green. It is reputed to be the only church in Suffolk located in this way. It is a Grade I listed building and includes a painted panel depicting St Dorothy and a square font with carved panels thought to date from the 12th-century.