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 [email protected] and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page! 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 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/...

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...

Two trees blown down by a storm today on the track between #Dunwich Village and Dingle (the Suffolk Coastal Path).

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.

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.

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...

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.

Vintage car rally today at Dunwich, #Suffolk

Dunwich Museum Victorian Puzzle Book Workshop Saturday 27th September 12-3pm Learn how to make your own Victorian puzzle book in this artist-led workshop. Create art inspired by Dunwich and nature. £10 for adults £3 for children Email to book and find out more! [email protected]

Fire 🔥 broke out in #Dunwich Forest early on Saturday morning (23 August 2025) near the St Helena to Westleton road. Fire brigade responded. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2541578...

Beach drop-in activities with Dunwich Museum - Wednesday 27 August 12-4pm. Erosion experiments, rock art and more.Find us on the beach - look for the Dunwich Museum sail.

Medieval Crafts Drop-in Activity at Dunwich Museum, Wednesday 20th August 12 - 4pm Make your own ink, write with a quill, and create illuminations. Join us in the Reading Room for an afternoon of creative and hands on fun!

A busy opening night for the #Dunwich Museum Art 🖼️ Show in the Reading Room yesterday evening. The Art Show is on Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 August, 11.30-4.30.

Places are still available for this event (free but book via Eventbrite as numbers are limited). A great chance to do some wildlife recording south of the border…

King Charles III England Coastal Path - #Suffolk section - with #Dunwich at its halfway point- now has "Spring 2026" as its estimated opening time, according to its Delivery Team. 140 miles, including Southwold-Pakefield, await Sec. of State decision. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Dunwich Wlidlife Safari, Wednesday, July 30 · 10:30am - 4:30pm, #Dunwich Museum. Led by expert naturalists to introduce you to the wealth of local wildlife, discovering and identifying plants and invertebrates of varied habitats. To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dunwich-wi...

Dunwich With a Twist! Folk band The Dunwich Drifters play the #Dunwich Reading Room, Saturday 9 August 2.30-4pm. Suggested donation £10, enjoy a glass of elderflower apple or mint with a twist. www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/

Free drop-in activities, 12 - 4, Wednesdays in August. Mostly in our Reading Room or the Reading Room Field, with a few beach activity days planned. Keep an eye on our website and social media for more information about each activity. ( August) www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/

2nd - 4th August - Art Show, 11.30 - 4.30. 20 wonderful artists showing in the #Dunwich Reading Room. Why not make a day of it and come down to Dunwich to see the Art Show, visit the Flower Festival in the church, and get an ice cream on the beach?🏖️

Art Show Opening Night, 6pm, Friday 1st August - Join us for the opening night of our Art Show in the #Dunwich Reading Room at 6pm! Everyone is welcome to join us for drinks and nibbles and a first viewing of the art, as well as an opportunity to meet some of the artists.

Dunwich Wlidlife Safari, Wednesday, July 30 · 10:30am - 4:30pm, #Dunwich Museum. Led by expert naturalists to introduce you to the wealth of local wildlife, discovering and identifying plants and invertebrates of varied habitats. To book: www.rosspiper.net/).https://ww...

When the King Charles III England Coast Path is completed, it will go from Shotley Gate all the way to Lowestoft and its halfway point will be... #Dunwich! www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails...

East Anglia's mediaeval ship's ballast originated in Cornwall, Scotland, Scandinavia, northern England, the Baltic etc - leapfrogging from ship to shore, shore to ship & back again, over hundreds of years. Their diversity makes a great teaching resource for schools. @discoverdunwich.bsky.social

Wildlife Safaris @discoverdunwich.bsky.social on 30th Jul and 13th Aug - booking at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dunwich-wi.... Our prelim meeting went well, with Stephen Clarkson, Meg Miller and Ross Piper @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social checking out plants & insects of shingle, heath and marsh.

Feast of St James Heritage Pilgrimage, Friday July 25th, (St James's Day) 11am. Meet St Peters Church in Westleton for guided walk following the ancient paths to St James Church, Dunwich. Light refreshments at St James afterwards, transport back to Westleton available.

It was a wonderful day! What a treat to learn so much in the company of such lovely people. Thank you to all. 🙏

#DunwichDay stone mooch! A lovely day out with lovely people looking at the far travelled stones used in Medieval buildings there. Lots of thanks to @timholtwilson.bsky.social and @discoverdunwich.bsky.social #urbangeology

Dunwich BioBlitz safari, July 30th, 10.30-4.30pm.Discover the rich wildlife of #Dunwich, led by expert naturalists, identify and record plants of varied habitats (shingle, marsh, woodland, heath) and their invertebrate inhabitants. To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dunwich-wi...

There may still be a few tickets left for Saturday 5 July's "Stones of #Dunwich" geology tour www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-stones...

The modern "Southern North Sea Passage - Harwich to the River Humber and Holland" 🇳🇱 navigation chart has the "Historic Wreck" at Dunwich Bank (one of its cannons is in Dunwich Museum) and the words WHITE DOME... POWER STN, Sizewell B power station to the south, a landmark identifiable from the sea.

Contemporary drawing of the Battle of Sole Bay, 1672, now on display at The Swan 🦢 Hotel, #Southwold, a short distance up the coast from #Dunwich.

The legs of the tables outside the Flora Tea Rooms on #Dunwich Beach are made from repurposed railway sleepers.

Back garden archaeology, #Dunwich Forest.

Beautiful hollyhocks round the back of #Dunwich Museum, by the Reading Room.

Issue 5 of "Discover Dunwich", newsletter of #Dunwich Museum, is now online as a pdf or in print for Museum visitors to pick up for free. A link to the longer online version of the Jock Horsfall front page story will on the website shortly. www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/assets/Uploa...

Dunwich Heath and Suffolk Coastal Path feature in latest "Coasts and Heaths" magazine www.flipsnack.com/5b7d5f6bdc9/...

Dunwich BioBlitz safari, July 30th & August 15th, 10.30-4.30pm.Discover the rich wildlife of #Dunwich, led by expert naturalists, identify and record plants of varied habitats (shingle, marsh, woodland, heath) and their invertebrate inhabitants. For details, email: [email protected]

Poppies at Greyfriars Monastery, #Dunwich. Photo: ©️ John Cary.

There is now a permanent interpretation sign at the last remaining WW2 pillbox in #Dunwich, in the Beach Car Park, also describing other local WW2 anti-invasion defences. Thanks to Dunwich Town Trust for their support on this.

Bof! play traditional French and Breton music 🎶 at St James's Church, #Dunwich, Saturday 7 June, 5pm, entry by donation to support humanitarian relief on Ukraine.

Weekly #Dunwich Museum activities in the Reading Room through August, keep an eye on our social media (@dunwichmuseum on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter) or the events page of our website ( www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events ) for updates!

Dunwich Art Show. 11.30 – 4.30, August 1st – 4th, in the #Dunwich Reading Room - local artists and art. Coincides with the Dunwich Flower Festival which is Friday August 1st - Monday August 4th.

Feast of St James Heritage Pilgrimage, Friday July 25th, (St James's Day) 11am. Meet St Peters Church in Westleton for guided walk following the ancient paths to St James Church, Dunwich. Light refreshments at St James afterwards, transport back to Westleton available.