Thorpeness
Thorpeness is a seaside village in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, which developed in the early 20th century into an exclusive resort. It belongs to the parish of Aldringham cum Thorpe and lies within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 231 residents
- Description: village in Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Thorpe” and “Thorpeness, Suffolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thorpeness Windmill and Church of St Mary.
Thorpeness Windmill
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Thorpeness Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Thorpeness, Suffolk, England which was built in 1803 at Aldringham and moved to Thorpeness in 1923.
Church of St Mary
Apartment building
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is an apartment building.
House in the Clouds
Building
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The House in the Clouds is a water tower built to incorporate a residential home, in Thorpeness, Suffolk, England. The structure was built in 1923 to receive water pumped from Thorpeness Windmill, and was designed to improve the looks of the water tower…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldringham and Aldeburgh.
Aldringham
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aldringham is a village in the Blything Hundred of Suffolk, England. The village is located 1 mile south of Leiston and 3 miles northwest of Aldeburgh close to the North Sea coast. Aldringham is situated 2 miles northwest of Thorpeness.
Aldeburgh
Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldeburgh is a coastal town in east Suffolk, England. It has a long pebble beach, fresh seafood, several curious landmarks and an interesting history of survival against being swept away by the North Sea. Aldeburgh is situated 2 miles south of Thorpeness.
Sizewell
Hamlet
Photo: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sizewell is an English fishing hamlet in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It belongs to the civil parish of Leiston and lies on the North Sea coast just north of the larger holiday village of Thorpeness, between the coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold. Sizewell is situated 2 miles north of Thorpeness.
Thorpeness
- Category: locality
- Location: Aldringham cum Thorpe, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.17933° or 52° 10′ 46″ northLongitude
1.61471° or 1° 36′ 53″ eastPopulation
231Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NSSOpen location code
9F435JH7+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 54080046OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Polish—“Thorpeness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Thorpeness”
- Chinese: “索普尼斯”
- Dutch: “Thorpeness”
- French: “Thorpeness”
- Irish: “Thorpeness”
- Polish: “Thorpeness”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thorpeness”. Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.