Thorpeness Travel Guide

 easyoar Says:  In Suffolk, almost every town/village seems to have a sign comparable to this one. Quite often they are carved from wood and painted. Thinking about it, the only town I haven't seen one in in Suffolk is in Ipswich, which is by far the largest town, and is the country town of... 

 easyoar Says:  I am not sure what this building was supposed to be, or even quite what it is actually used for. The best I can tell, it is living accommodation. I suppose it goes well with the now converted church, in that it looks like a cross between a Cathedral and a house, although I... 

 easyoar Says:  This may look like an old church. Indeed it WAS an old church. But what seems to be happening more and more is that instead of having an old church here there and everywhere, and not enough priests/minsters to go round, some old churches are being sold off and converted into... 

 easyoar Says:  There are various coastal walks in the area. The most obvious one being the one that goes through Thorpeness and down to Aldeburgh - another interesting town a few miles down the coast. There is also Slaughden a little further past Aldeburgh. That used to be a town, but it... 

 easyoar Says:  Apart from Golf, of which there is an 18 hole links course next to the House in the Clouds, the other sport that is well catered for in Thorpeness is boating (of the rowing variety). This boating lake (man made) has numerous boats that are available to rent and row.... 

 easyoar Says:  Dovecotts are reasonably common in England. I'm not sure how common they are overseas, although I have seen the odd one in Spain. They are probably pretty self explanatory, but are basically an ornamental house for doves (and probably pigeons, which incidentally are classed... 

 easyoar Says:  These almshouses were built in the 1920s by W.G. Wilson. They look to be some of the more authentically historical buildings in the village - most of the rest of them have a slightly quirky feel to them. I suspect these days they are probably used as normal homes or holiday... 

 easyoar Says:  This unusual house, which is now known as "The House in the Clouds" used to be a water tower. The architect (Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie) who bought and designed a large part of Thorpeness around the 1920's needed a water tower, but did not want an ugly structure. he therefore... 

 easyoar Says:  The Windmill is probably one of the oldest building in Thorpeness. Mostly because it was not built in Thorpeness, but moved their later to help pump water. Originally it was in Aldringham (which is a few miles away), but the whole building, including its millstones was moved... 

 easyoar Says:  The final bit of doggie dislike I saw (and I wasn't even trying to find any) was the sign on the beach. Apparently it is Ok to take dogs onto the beach between October to April, but between May to September it is banned. Now I saw no sign that dogs have to be on leads or... 

 easyoar Says:  Thorpeness seems to have a hatred for dogs. Now I consider myself to be pretty neutral when it comes to dogs, but check out the next few warnings. Dogs seem to be persona non grata in Thorpeness if you catch my drift. This first one isn't that unusual, but is a little on the... 

 easyoar Says:  Well once you canine friend has pooped, and assuming you've scooped, where are you supposed to scoop it too? Well if you check out this wheelie bin outside somebodies house in Thorpeness (you'll need to enlarge the photo I think), it appears that people have been dumping the... 

 easyoar Says:  Just down the coast from Thorpeness is Aldeburgh. This is another popular holiday town, which shares the same shingle beach that runs down the coast from Thorpeness. It therefore makes a good coastal walk. This is still a fishing village at heart, and has lots of fishing... 

 easyoar Says:  Is this a form of bird mud wrestling? It's not uncommon to see sparrows in England either splashing around in shallow water having a bath, or as you can see here, "splashing" around in the sand/soil for an alternative type of bath. Sparrows always seem to be quite sociable... 

 easyoar Says:  If you see this shrub out of the flowering season, you'll probably hate it. It grows in big roundish spikey bushes and the spikes are big and sharp. You'll want to keep well away from it. However when you see this shrub in the flowering season it is coated in bright yellow...