Attractions near Thorpeness Almshouses

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Thorpeness Almshouses

Old Homes Road, Thorpeness, Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4NA - England, UK

Thorpeness Almshouses are an excellent example of the mock Tudor houses created by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie in the 1920s, as part of his private fantasy holiday resort. Ogilvie set out to create a fashionable resort “for people who want to...

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Attractions near Thorpeness Almshouses

A selection of attractions close to Thorpeness Almshouses:

Thorpeness Meare (< 1 Mile)

Thorpeness Meare is a large artificial boating lake originally inspired by extensive flooding in 1910. Landowner Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, the creator of Thorpeness, is said...

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House in the Clouds (< 1 Mile)

The House in the Clouds was originally a water tank, designed in 1923, to provide sufficient water to the village of Thorpeness, in the absence...

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Leiston Film Theatre (3.5 Miles)

Leiston Film Theatre is Suffolk’s oldest purpose built cinema and can be found along the main high street in the centre of Leiston. On 27th...

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The Long Shop Steam Museum (3.8 Miles)

The Long Shop Museum is a steam museum housed in part of the factory where the famous Richard Garrett steam engines were produced in Leiston...

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Leiston Abbey (5 Miles)

Leiston Abbey has the extensive remains of a 14th Century monastery set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside just outside the small town of Leiston. The...

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Minsmere Nature Reserve (5.5 Miles)

Minsmere Nature Reserve is located along the beautiful Suffolk Heritage Coast near Westleton and Saxmundham. The reserve is run by the Royal society for the...

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Dunwich Heath (5.9 Miles)

Dunwich Heath is run by the National Trust and is set in a Suffolk area of outstanding natural beauty. The area was once part of...

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Snape Maltings (8.3 Miles)

Snape Maltings is a unique, mainly mid 19th Century, collection of granaries and malthouses close beside the River Alde near Saxmundham in Suffolk. The Maltings...

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Orford Ness (10.4 Miles)

A nature reserve of international renown and importance, this area of Suffolk has some of the most beautiful and fascinating examples of plants and animals...

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Orford Castle (10.8 Miles)

King Henry II built Orford Castle between 1163 and 1175 against the threat of coastal invasion and to strengthen his royal authority. When built the...

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Walberswick Foot Ferry (12.6 Miles)

By road, the seaside village of Walberswick is about 20 minutes from Southwold Harbour. By foot-ferry, the journey takes just a few. The road route...

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Framlingham Castle (13 Miles)

Framlingham Castle is a wonderful example of a stone fortress. Built well over seven hundred years ago, it took nearly forty years to finish. Its...

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National Nature Reserve (13.1 Miles)

Walberwick National Nature Reserve is one of the most diverse in the UK. Here, plant life ranges from the acid-loving fenugreek and mossy stonecrop to...

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The Denes Beach (13.5 Miles)

This award-winning rural beach is clean, quiet and secluded. To the south is the mouth of the River Blyth, to the north, Southwold itself and...

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Walberswick Heritage Centre (13.5 Miles)

In this little white weather-boarded heritage centre, visitors can find out all about Walberswick, its history and its surroundings, with the help of local maps,...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)