There has been conflicting information reported to the community regarding the village green and play area land leases.  Most of the factual information we have is anecdotal based on people’s recollection of events.

What we do know for certain is that the village hall was gifted to the Thornham’s community in 1924, but that it did not include any land with it, and that in 1985 a lease agreement was drawn up between the Thornham Settled Estate and the Parish Meeting for the land around the village hall. 

There will be an extraordinary meeting of the Thornham Magna Village Meeting on Wednesday 7th July at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.

Your support is very much appreciated, please come along to this important meeting.

You can view the agenda for the meeting here

The Walled Garden will be showcasing it's current work as part of the Suffolk Open Weekend on the 24th and 25th July . The workshops are free and available to everyone. No bookings are required. Events will run from 11am -3pm. Please meet at the Walled Garden car park.

We will also be running the same workshops on the first four Mondays in August (2nd,9th,16th and 23rd) 10am - 3pm. These events are specifically aimed at people with disabilities and will cost £50. All August workshops must be pre-booked. To receive a booking form or to get more information, please contact,

The Administrator, Thornham Walled Garden, Thornham Magna, Eye, IP23 8HA

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Tel - 01379 788700

A number of people in the village have referred to the Big Lottery as imposing ‘bureaucratic and financial burdens’ on the parish meeting. However none of these claims have ever been substantiated.  Is it possible they are in fact ‘red herrings’ to divert the community from what is the burning question, which is:

do we or do we not want a play area!

As it happens, the whole process is very transparent, and the Community Open Spaces Grant advertises all the projects they have assisted with, please see:

http://www.consultationmap.co.uk/communityspaces