Discover Dunwich
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Updates on Dunwich Museum by Matt Salusbury, Chair of the Museum's trustees, editor of its newsletter.
Open 14/02/26-22/02/26 2pm-4pm, then weekends only from 2pm-4pm. Daily opening from 1 April
https://www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/
Open 14/02/26-22/02/26 2pm-4pm, then weekends only from 2pm-4pm. Daily opening from 1 April
https://www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/
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The #Dunwich Museum is closed for the winter. Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm. Daily opening from 1 April 2026.
On the Coastal Path - exhibition by Patrick Will Baker at the Fisherman's Hut Gallery, next to the Flora Tea Rooms, #Dunwich, 13-19 Feb.
February 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
On the Coastal Path - exhibition by Patrick Will Baker at the Fisherman's Hut Gallery, next to the Flora Tea Rooms, #Dunwich, 13-19 Feb.
Explore Nature drop-in activities at #Dunwich Museum, Wed. 18 Feb. 2-4pm in the Reading Room, behind the Museum. Make wildflower seed bombs, plant herbs and succulents, try water testing. Get ready for Spring! All ages, donations will support future projects.
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Explore Nature drop-in activities at #Dunwich Museum, Wed. 18 Feb. 2-4pm in the Reading Room, behind the Museum. Make wildflower seed bombs, plant herbs and succulents, try water testing. Get ready for Spring! All ages, donations will support future projects.
Dunwich Museum is now open for all of the (#Suffolk) February half term - 14-22 Feb. then weekends only, 2pm-4pm, opening 7 days a week from April. #Dunwich
February 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Dunwich Museum is now open for all of the (#Suffolk) February half term - 14-22 Feb. then weekends only, 2pm-4pm, opening 7 days a week from April. #Dunwich
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We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
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Greetings from the 9th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, being held in the beautiful National Museums of Kenya
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Greetings from the 9th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, being held in the beautiful National Museums of Kenya
Demolition began 12/01/26 on another clifftop house in #Thorpeness, work brought forward due to rapid coastal erosion over the weekend. This is the fourth clifftop house in the village (down the coast from Dunwich) to be demolished this winter. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Fourth clifftop home at risk of falling into the sea demolished
Council warns there are ‘no viable long-term solutions’ to stop the erosion
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Demolition began 12/01/26 on another clifftop house in #Thorpeness, work brought forward due to rapid coastal erosion over the weekend. This is the fourth clifftop house in the village (down the coast from Dunwich) to be demolished this winter. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
"Nationally significant" Saxon tombs unearthed near Theberton, #Suffolk (5 miles from Dunwich) during Sizewell C construction.
Two "princely" burials and a horse buried in full harness. www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-...
Two "princely" burials and a horse buried in full harness. www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-...
Nationally significant Anglo-Saxon burial ground found at Sizewell C site
www.suffolk.gov.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
"Nationally significant" Saxon tombs unearthed near Theberton, #Suffolk (5 miles from Dunwich) during Sizewell C construction.
Two "princely" burials and a horse buried in full harness. www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-...
Two "princely" burials and a horse buried in full harness. www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-...
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Scanning the Docwra Collection of early C20th photos at Dunwich Museum, UK, is yielding fresh images of ship's ballast in the walls of now-vanished All Saints' Church; also geological specimens & palaeoliths now sadly missing from the collection - also a bizarre rubble pic which begs interpretation!
January 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Scanning the Docwra Collection of early C20th photos at Dunwich Museum, UK, is yielding fresh images of ship's ballast in the walls of now-vanished All Saints' Church; also geological specimens & palaeoliths now sadly missing from the collection - also a bizarre rubble pic which begs interpretation!
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“Totally shocked by the speed of it...what does this mean for East Anglia as a whole...the situation at Thorpeness highlights the growing challenge coastal communities face as erosion accelerates along the Suffolk shoreline"
#SayNo2SizewellC - too vulnerable
www.hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
#SayNo2SizewellC - too vulnerable
www.hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
Council confirms eight more houses are at risk in Thorpness due to coastal erosion
Council confirms eight more houses are at risk in Thorpness due to coastal erosion
www.hellorayo.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“Totally shocked by the speed of it...what does this mean for East Anglia as a whole...the situation at Thorpeness highlights the growing challenge coastal communities face as erosion accelerates along the Suffolk shoreline"
#SayNo2SizewellC - too vulnerable
www.hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
#SayNo2SizewellC - too vulnerable
www.hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
The #Dunwich Museum is closed for the winter. Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm. Daily opening from 1 April 2026.
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The #Dunwich Museum is closed for the winter. Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm. Daily opening from 1 April 2026.
Holiday cabins on a former farm in Eastern Bavents (north of Dunwich. farm “no longer viable” due to coastal erosion) are designed to be moved inland when the coast erodes away.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
‘A watery gold sunrise lights the turbulent water’: the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast
Coastal erosion may threaten the area around Southwold, but a new ‘movable’ cabin makes a great base for exploring its windswept beaches, remote marshes and welcoming inns
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Holiday cabins on a former farm in Eastern Bavents (north of Dunwich. farm “no longer viable” due to coastal erosion) are designed to be moved inland when the coast erodes away.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
The Gemenids meteor ☄️ shower of 2025 over #Dunwich Beach youtu.be/KYDSp3hix_o
🌠GEMINIDS 2025 | A night of SHOOTING STARS | Astrophotography Adventure at Dunwich Beach |
YouTube video by Paul Haworth Nightscape Journals
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December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Gemenids meteor ☄️ shower of 2025 over #Dunwich Beach youtu.be/KYDSp3hix_o
In other #Suffolk archaeology news: recent discovery in a disused clay pit in Barnham, #Suffolk (near Thetford, on the Norfolk border) suggests human use of fire was 350,000 years earlier than previously thought. With thanks to @profgaretht.bsky.social
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
Groundbreaking discovery shows humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought | Natural History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In other #Suffolk archaeology news: recent discovery in a disused clay pit in Barnham, #Suffolk (near Thetford, on the Norfolk border) suggests human use of fire was 350,000 years earlier than previously thought. With thanks to @profgaretht.bsky.social
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
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This is/was All Saints' church at Dunwich. Dunwich once had approx 10 churches but devastating storms in the 13th and 14th century destroyed them (and the town). Also, longshore drift created a shingle bar across its once thriving harbour.
#Suffolk
#Suffolk
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is/was All Saints' church at Dunwich. Dunwich once had approx 10 churches but devastating storms in the 13th and 14th century destroyed them (and the town). Also, longshore drift created a shingle bar across its once thriving harbour.
#Suffolk
#Suffolk
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Here today, gone tomorrow.
#coastalerosion 👇
#coastalerosion 👇
Easton Bavents, Suffolk – a vanished village once listed in the Domesday Book. The church collapsed into the sea in the early 1800s. Over 400m of land has been lost here since then, making it one of the fastest-eroding coasts in England. #EastonBavents #CoastalErosion #Suffolk #Coast
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Here today, gone tomorrow.
#coastalerosion 👇
#coastalerosion 👇
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Dunwich was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of 484 households 😲. Ipswich, by comparison, only had 322.
#Ozymandias
#Ozymandias
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Dunwich was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of 484 households 😲. Ipswich, by comparison, only had 322.
#Ozymandias
#Ozymandias
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East of Lowestoft. Easton Bavents was once the most easterly parish in England. However, over the centuries, the promontory it stood on was eroded by the sea. EB is still losing land today: up to 5m a year in fact. 😯
#Suffolk
#Suffolk
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
East of Lowestoft. Easton Bavents was once the most easterly parish in England. However, over the centuries, the promontory it stood on was eroded by the sea. EB is still losing land today: up to 5m a year in fact. 😯
#Suffolk
#Suffolk
Dunwich Museum Christmas
Fair - Saturday 6 December 11-4 in the #Dunwich Reading Room.
Local crafts, trinkets, art, pottery, and more!
Find a special gift for the holiday season and enjoy hot drinks and refreshements as you browse.
www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
Fair - Saturday 6 December 11-4 in the #Dunwich Reading Room.
Local crafts, trinkets, art, pottery, and more!
Find a special gift for the holiday season and enjoy hot drinks and refreshements as you browse.
www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Dunwich Museum Christmas
Fair - Saturday 6 December 11-4 in the #Dunwich Reading Room.
Local crafts, trinkets, art, pottery, and more!
Find a special gift for the holiday season and enjoy hot drinks and refreshements as you browse.
www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
Fair - Saturday 6 December 11-4 in the #Dunwich Reading Room.
Local crafts, trinkets, art, pottery, and more!
Find a special gift for the holiday season and enjoy hot drinks and refreshements as you browse.
www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
"The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk", my talk for Dunwich Museum, now online. @forteantimes #woodwose youtu.be/ntVPfS_xhqI?...
The Woodwoses and Wildmen - November 2025 Talk by Matt Salusbury
YouTube video by Dunwich Museum
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November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk", my talk for Dunwich Museum, now online. @forteantimes #woodwose youtu.be/ntVPfS_xhqI?...
Eastern Angles' adaptation of "Treasure Island" is "inspired by the lost town of #Dunwich. Playing at Studio EA, Ipswich, Thursday 27-3 Jan and then on tour in Woodbridge. easternangles.co.uk/event/treasu...
Treasure Island - Eastern Angles Theatre Company
easternangles.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Eastern Angles' adaptation of "Treasure Island" is "inspired by the lost town of #Dunwich. Playing at Studio EA, Ipswich, Thursday 27-3 Jan and then on tour in Woodbridge. easternangles.co.uk/event/treasu...