Discover Dunwich
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Updates on Dunwich Museum by Matt Salusbury, Chair of the Museum's trustees, editor of its newsletter and among its biggest fans. Museum currently closed for the winter. https://www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/
The "serene #Suffolk village of #Dunwich" makes the Daily Express newspaper's list of "UK's best villages."
Accompanying photo on the EADT's report on this shows Dunwich Museum. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2558342...
Accompanying photo on the EADT's report on this shows Dunwich Museum. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2558342...
Tranquil Suffolk village named 'Atlantis of the UK'
The serene Suffolk village of Dunwich has been named one of the best villages in the UK by the Daily Express.
www.eadt.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The "serene #Suffolk village of #Dunwich" makes the Daily Express newspaper's list of "UK's best villages."
Accompanying photo on the EADT's report on this shows Dunwich Museum. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2558342...
Accompanying photo on the EADT's report on this shows Dunwich Museum. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2558342...
Dunwich Museum is now closed for the winter.
Christmas opening: 27 December - 2 January.Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm
Daily opening from 1 April 2026. For visits during the closed season email: manager@dunwichmuseum.org.uk.
Christmas opening: 27 December - 2 January.Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm
Daily opening from 1 April 2026. For visits during the closed season email: manager@dunwichmuseum.org.uk.
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dunwich Museum is now closed for the winter.
Christmas opening: 27 December - 2 January.Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm
Daily opening from 1 April 2026. For visits during the closed season email: manager@dunwichmuseum.org.uk.
Christmas opening: 27 December - 2 January.Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm
Daily opening from 1 April 2026. For visits during the closed season email: manager@dunwichmuseum.org.uk.
Work started to demolish another house today in the northern end of Thorpeness (on the #Suffolk coast, south of #Dunwich), due to coastal erosion. Jean Flick's house is the second in the street to be demolished since 2022. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2557773...
Photos show demolition works of nearly 100-year-old home
Demolition of a clifftop home in Thorpeness, Suffolk, has begun amid coastal eroision fears.
www.eadt.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Work started to demolish another house today in the northern end of Thorpeness (on the #Suffolk coast, south of #Dunwich), due to coastal erosion. Jean Flick's house is the second in the street to be demolished since 2022. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2557773...
Halloween 🎃 activities at #Dunwich Museum (Fri. 31 Oct) - 12-4pm carve turnips & pumpkins, decorate Halloweeny 👻 biscuits.
All Hallows Walk 5.30pm (costumes optional) bring a lantern & join us outside the Museum for a spooky tour of Dunwich, its ghosts and its history.
All Hallows Walk 5.30pm (costumes optional) bring a lantern & join us outside the Museum for a spooky tour of Dunwich, its ghosts and its history.
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Halloween 🎃 activities at #Dunwich Museum (Fri. 31 Oct) - 12-4pm carve turnips & pumpkins, decorate Halloweeny 👻 biscuits.
All Hallows Walk 5.30pm (costumes optional) bring a lantern & join us outside the Museum for a spooky tour of Dunwich, its ghosts and its history.
All Hallows Walk 5.30pm (costumes optional) bring a lantern & join us outside the Museum for a spooky tour of Dunwich, its ghosts and its history.
Representing @Dunwichmuseum at the @eastsuffolkone birthday tonight in Oulton.
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Representing @Dunwichmuseum at the @eastsuffolkone birthday tonight in Oulton.
Dunwich Museum Leaf Printing Workshop,
Sunday 26th October 12-3pm
Learn the art of gel printing with leaves in this artist led workshop.
£10 for adults £3 for children
Email to book and find out more: chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
Sunday 26th October 12-3pm
Learn the art of gel printing with leaves in this artist led workshop.
£10 for adults £3 for children
Email to book and find out more: chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Dunwich Museum Leaf Printing Workshop,
Sunday 26th October 12-3pm
Learn the art of gel printing with leaves in this artist led workshop.
£10 for adults £3 for children
Email to book and find out more: chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
Sunday 26th October 12-3pm
Learn the art of gel printing with leaves in this artist led workshop.
£10 for adults £3 for children
Email to book and find out more: chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
Saturday evening's Dunwich Museum talk on the woodwoses and wildmen of #Suffolk is online, but if you find yourself in #Dunwich, there will be a group of people gathering in the Reading Room to watch it on the big screen. www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Saturday evening's Dunwich Museum talk on the woodwoses and wildmen of #Suffolk is online, but if you find yourself in #Dunwich, there will be a group of people gathering in the Reading Room to watch it on the big screen. www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
Reposted by Discover Dunwich
Norfolk’s disappearing cliffs are not just a local story.
They’re a glimpse of Britain’s future as sea levels rise.
Owen Sennitt reports
They’re a glimpse of Britain’s future as sea levels rise.
Owen Sennitt reports
Norfolk’s vanishing coast and the limits of protection
Norfolk’s crumbling coastline exposes the human cost of climate change – and the painful limits of what councils can do
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Norfolk’s disappearing cliffs are not just a local story.
They’re a glimpse of Britain’s future as sea levels rise.
Owen Sennitt reports
They’re a glimpse of Britain’s future as sea levels rise.
Owen Sennitt reports
Reposted by Discover Dunwich
Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk
An online talk by Matt Salusbury onSuffolk's strange woodwose figures.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
Flood warning ⚠️ around Southwold, #Suffolk (next but one beach up the coast from #Dunwich) flooding on roads expected, night of Sunday 5 October. Earlier flood warning for A12 road at Blythburgh has now ended. Update expected 11am Monday 6 October. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/...
Flood alert for The Suffolk coast at Southwold - GOV.UK
Flooding information and advice for the area: The Suffolk coast at Southwold, including Reydon Marshes.
check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk
October 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Flood warning ⚠️ around Southwold, #Suffolk (next but one beach up the coast from #Dunwich) flooding on roads expected, night of Sunday 5 October. Earlier flood warning for A12 road at Blythburgh has now ended. Update expected 11am Monday 6 October. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/...
Flood warning ⚠️ for "Suffolk Coadt from Lowestoft to Bawdsey" still in force until 9pm Sunday 5 October 2025 at the earliest. Environment Agency are out checking flood defences. Update due 11am Monday 6 October. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-w...
Flood alerts and warnings - GOV.UK
Check your risk of flooding. View the latest flood warnings and alerts, get a flood forecast for the next 5 days, and check the latest river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels.
check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk
October 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Flood warning ⚠️ for "Suffolk Coadt from Lowestoft to Bawdsey" still in force until 9pm Sunday 5 October 2025 at the earliest. Environment Agency are out checking flood defences. Update due 11am Monday 6 October. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-w...
Flood alert for "Lowestoft to Bawdsey" - most of the #Suffolk coast, including #Dunwich until the morning of Sunday 5 Oct 2025. Update follows at 11am. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/...
Flood alert for The Suffolk coast from Lowestoft to Bawdsey - GOV.UK
Flooding information and advice for the area: The Suffolk coast from Lowestoft to Bawdsey, including the Blyth and Alde and Ore estuaries.
check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Flood alert for "Lowestoft to Bawdsey" - most of the #Suffolk coast, including #Dunwich until the morning of Sunday 5 Oct 2025. Update follows at 11am. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/...
Consultation on coastal erosion and landslips and their effect on local communities, launched by Parliament's Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee - deadline to respond is 10 10 25. Thanks to @alteredcoast.bsky.social for alerting us. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Coastal erosion and landslips
committees.parliament.uk
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Consultation on coastal erosion and landslips and their effect on local communities, launched by Parliament's Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee - deadline to respond is 10 10 25. Thanks to @alteredcoast.bsky.social for alerting us. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Dunwich Heath features in the current (October 2025) issue of "Suffolk" magazine. @DunwichHeath
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dunwich Heath features in the current (October 2025) issue of "Suffolk" magazine. @DunwichHeath
The Dunwich Coffee Morning is reviving, hosted by Dunwich Museum, starting Thursday 16 October 10.30-12 in the Reading Room. Volunteers need to prepare food, set up and serve tea and coffee.
October 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Dunwich Coffee Morning is reviving, hosted by Dunwich Museum, starting Thursday 16 October 10.30-12 in the Reading Room. Volunteers need to prepare food, set up and serve tea and coffee.
Another stranded seal 🦭 pup was rescued from the beach today by #Dunwich's trained volunteers and taken to the rescue centre. Named Greyfriars Bobby.
September 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another stranded seal 🦭 pup was rescued from the beach today by #Dunwich's trained volunteers and taken to the rescue centre. Named Greyfriars Bobby.
Dunwich features as "Suffolk's own Atlantis" on this Suffolk and Essex Coasts and Heaths National Landscape poster on display at Manningtree Station.
September 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Dunwich features as "Suffolk's own Atlantis" on this Suffolk and Essex Coasts and Heaths National Landscape poster on display at Manningtree Station.
The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk - a Dunwich Museum
talk -
Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
talk -
Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
September 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk - a Dunwich Museum
talk -
Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
talk -
Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
DNA analysis of skeletons in two 7th-century Anglo-Saxon burials show that a girl buried in Kent had a West African great-grandparent and a young man buried in Dorset had a West African grandparent. theconversation.com/two-seventh-...
Two seventh-century people found with west African ancestry – a story of diversity and integration in early Anglo-Saxon society
We should not be surprised that there are west Africans in early medieval Britain, the clues were there.
theconversation.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
DNA analysis of skeletons in two 7th-century Anglo-Saxon burials show that a girl buried in Kent had a West African great-grandparent and a young man buried in Dorset had a West African grandparent. theconversation.com/two-seventh-...
I was on duty for the early shift at Dunwich Museum today, in my “The Dunwich Horror” T shirt.
Although the film, loosely based on the HP Lovecraft horror novella, is set in a fictional Dunwich, Massachusetts so it has only a tenuous connection to Dunwich, #Suffolk.
Although the film, loosely based on the HP Lovecraft horror novella, is set in a fictional Dunwich, Massachusetts so it has only a tenuous connection to Dunwich, #Suffolk.
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I was on duty for the early shift at Dunwich Museum today, in my “The Dunwich Horror” T shirt.
Although the film, loosely based on the HP Lovecraft horror novella, is set in a fictional Dunwich, Massachusetts so it has only a tenuous connection to Dunwich, #Suffolk.
Although the film, loosely based on the HP Lovecraft horror novella, is set in a fictional Dunwich, Massachusetts so it has only a tenuous connection to Dunwich, #Suffolk.