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Thorpeness Windmill
Thorpeness, Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4NQ - England, UK
Built in 1803, Thorpeness Windmill was originally a corn mill at the nearby village of Aldringham. It was purchased and moved to its present site in 1923, where it was converted to pump water by sail power. Thirty years ago...
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Attractions near Thorpeness Windmill
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| Thorpeness Meare (< 1 Mile) |
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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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| Leiston Abbey (4.8 Miles) |
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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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| Snape Maltings (8.2 Miles) |
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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 (10.2 Miles) |
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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 (10.5 Miles) |
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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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| The Denes Beach (13.8 Miles) |
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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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| Gun Hill (14 Miles) |
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Before the great Southwold fire of 1659, there were buildings on gun hill. Later, probably in 1746, the six 18 pound Tudor guns seen today...
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