Visit Thorpe Abbotts Places

Welcome to Visit Thorpe Abbotts Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Thorpe Abbotts

  

Thorpe Abbotts Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Thorpe Abbotts

---

Thorpe Abbotts history

---

Thorpe Abbotts has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085. The villages name means ‘abbot’s outlying farm/settlement’

Station 139

RAF Station Thorpe Abbotts became home to RAF Station during the Second World War. Station became operational in June 1943 when the 100th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces took up residency equipped with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. The group became known as the ‘Bloody 100th’ because of the heavy losses incurred by the group on a number of their combat missions.

Eddie the Ghost

Visitors to the museum report overpowering presence within the control tower. Sightings are less frequently recorded although Eddie is occasionally seen when the tower is locked at night.

You can visit Thorpe Abbotts places with Walkfo Thorpe Abbotts to hear history at Thorpe Abbotts’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Thorpe Abbotts has 19 places to visit in our interactive Thorpe Abbotts map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Thorpe Abbotts, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Thorpe Abbotts places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Thorpe Abbotts & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to Thorpe Abbotts places in an interactive Thorpe Abbotts map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Thorpe Abbotts Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

Thorpe Abbotts historic spots	Thorpe Abbotts tourist destinations	Thorpe Abbotts plaques	Thorpe Abbotts geographic features
Walkfo Thorpe Abbotts tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Thorpe Abbotts

  

Best Thorpe Abbotts places to visit

---

Thorpe Abbotts has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Thorpe Abbotts’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Thorpe Abbotts’s information audio spots:

Syleham Windmill Syleham Windmill was built in 1730 at Wingfield, Suffolk. It was blown down on 16 October 1987. The remains of the mill survive today, comprising the roundhouse and trestle.

River Dove, Suffolk River Dove is a tributary of the River Waveney in Suffolk. River Dove starts near Bacton going through Eye to the River Dove.

b

Visit Thorpe Abbotts plaques