Thornham Walled Garden
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.30568, 1.08262
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Glow-worm · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km▾
Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route
Wortham & Burgate WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Saint Botolph's WayWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 2 (Pink)Walking route▾
Named routeRef GW2Local walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 1 (Blue)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route573 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 40Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Park Lanebyway open to all traffic · 352 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 352 mSurface gravelPath type: residential
Photos
Thornham Walks: The Walled Garden (not open to the public at present)
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Wildlife to spot
4,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Chaffinch +19
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Vetch · Tufted Vetch · Lady's Bedstraw · Carnation Sedge +3
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Chaffinch +19
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Vetch · Tufted Vetch · Lady's Bedstraw · Carnation Sedge +3
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas