10122 Earl Stonham Walk Leaflet

occasional rambler. occasional

for even the even for

hours of foot stepping foot of hours

gentle footpaths offering footpaths gentle

beautiful countryside and countryside beautiful

for recreational walkers, with walkers, recreational for

Village Green. Village

Earl Stonham is a local hotspot local a is Stonham Earl

village. Parking is prohibited on the on prohibited is Parking village.

Hall Car Park at the centre of the of centre the at Park Car Hall community activities. community

You can park in the Village the in park can You Parking…… centre of the village. It is also the home to a thriving cricket club and many and club cricket thriving a to home the also is It village. the of centre

Today, much of the village revolves around the village hall, located in the in located hall, village the around revolves village the of much Today,

excellent meals and is home to the famous Wagyu burger. Wagyu famous the to home is and meals excellent

The Shepherd & Dog at Forward Green serves Green Forward at Dog & Shepherd The drink…… and Food with the name of the farmer written on each area. each on written farmer the of name the with

open spaces on the map, whilst the rest of the land is divided into areas into divided is land the of rest the whilst map, the on spaces open

sometimes known as Little Stonham. Little as known sometimes

. They are all shown as shown all are They . Green Wicks and Green Broad Green, Forward)

There is an alternative starting point at the church in Stonham Parva, Stonham in church the at point starting alternative an is There

Middlewood Green, Forrolde (now Forrolde Green, Middlewood greens, four shows map The

following any one route. one any following

the parish of Earl Stonham today. Stonham Earl of parish the

area, by following the coloured waymarkers you should have no difficulty in difficulty no have should you waymarkers coloured the following by area,

the King in payment for services. The map has the same boundaries as boundaries same the has map The services. for payment in King the

three and half hours can be created. Even if you are unfamiliar with the with unfamiliar are you if Even created. be can hours half and three

Manor of Earl Stonham. A manor was an area of land allocated to a lord by lord a to allocated land of area an was manor A Stonham. Earl of Manor

By linking these sections together, circular walks varying from one hour to hour one from varying walks circular together, sections these linking By

In the Suffolk Records Office there is a copy of a map dated 1587 of the of 1587 dated map a of copy a is there Office Records Suffolk the In

colour coded, red, gold, green and blue. and green gold, red, coded, colour

unique set of hour glasses. hour of set unique

walks of differing lengths. To aid walkers various sections have been have sections various walkers aid To lengths. differing of walks

roof in the country. In addition there are medieval wall paintings and a and paintings wall medieval are there addition In country. the in roof

Hall in Earl Stonham there are a number of possibilities for possibilities of number a are there Stonham Earl in Hall

centuries of stone and flint, it has probably the finest single hammer beam hammer single finest the probably has it flint, and stone of centuries

Starting from either the Parish Church or Village or Church Parish the either from Starting

listed building in Earl Stonham. Built in the fourteenth and fifteenth and fourteenth the in Built Stonham. Earl in building listed

Circular Walks Circular

St Mary’s Church the Church of St Mary the Virgin, the only grade one grade only the Virgin, the Mary St of Church the Church Mary’s St

Dating back to Roman times, Earl Stonham is most famous for its church its for famous most is Stonham Earl times, Roman to back Dating

Earl Stonham Earl History

Where is Earl Stonham? Earl Stonham is a small Earl Stonham village located five miles east Stowmarket A14040 of Stowmarket. The village is Needham B1078 Wickham Market 51 Coddenham Market one of three Stonhams in the A12 52 Claydon area – the other two are A144 Stonham Aspal and Stonham 53 EARL STONHAM 54 Parva also known as Little Ipswich 55 featuring four circular colour marked Stonham. 56 57 58 A14 A12 walks from the village of Earl Stonham The Country Code…… • Enjoy the countryside and • Leave livestock, crops respect its life and work and machinery alone • Guard against all risk of fire • Take your litter home • Fasten all gates • Help to keep water clean • Keep your dogs under control • Protect wildlife, plants • Keep to public paths across and trees farmland • Take special care on • Use gates and stiles to cross country roads fences and hedges • Make no unnecessary noise

This leaflet can be used with OS Explorer Map Sheet No 211 Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. Discover more circular walks and great days out in the countryside at www.discoversuffolk.org.uk Access Suffolk - linking communities to nature Published by Earl Stonham Parish Council with the assistance of Suffolk County Councils Access Suffolk project www.earlstonham.org.uk www.suffolk.gov.uk

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