Breckland District Council is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its head office is located at Elizabeth House in the town of Dereham. It is a second tier local government authority that sits below Norfolk County Council.

The population of the council at the 2011 Census was 130,491.

Breckland District Council derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse-covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk. The term Breckland is ancient, and is found as early as the 13th century in the form Brakelond.

The Council is predominately rural with 108 villages (full list below) and 5 market towns, Attleborough, Dereham, Swaffham, Thetford and Watton.

Breckland District Council was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Thetford, East Dereham Urban District, Swaffham Urban District, Wayland Rural District, Mitford and Launditch Rural District, and Swaffham Rural District.