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Thorington is a village and a civil parish in the hundred of Blything, in the
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district of the
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of
Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
. It is located around south-east of the town of Halesworth, immediately south of the village of
Wenhaston Wenhaston is a village situated to the south of the River Blyth in northeastern Suffolk, England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 563. History Roman coins, pottery and building materials unearthed in local fields indicate the existenc ...
. The A12 main road runs through the parish to the east of the village. Thorington Hall was demolished in 1949, but The Round House, a listed gamekeeper's lodge for the Thorington Estate, survives.
British Listed Buildings - Thorington Round House


Church Farm Nature Reserve

Church Farm Marshes Church Farm Marshes is a 56 hectare nature reserve in Thorington in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. This site has areas of marshland, wet and dry woodland, and grassland. The flower-rich marshes have southern marsh orchid, ...
is a
nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
located in the parish. It consists of an area of meadow and marshland in size along a tributary of the River Blyth.Church Farm
Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
The reserve is owned and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust and is designated as a County Wildlife Site.


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