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Thurston Suffolk Map

Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Mid Suffolk · Region: Eastern

Explore Thurston, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thurston map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Thurston, Suffolk

How to Use This Thurston, Suffolk Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Thurston, Suffolk, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceThurston
Traditional CountySuffolk
District / BoroughMid Suffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.252727
Longitude0.805968
Place TypeVillage

About Thurston

Thurston anchors a stretch of Suffolk where the horizon remains broad and open, defined by the quiet patience of its agricultural plains. It lies 3.9 miles east of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 83°T, OS grid TL 916 653), and is situated north-west of Beyton village. The light here often gathers in thin, pale ribbons across the fields, catching the intricate ironwork of the Thurston Village Sign that stands as a sentinel of local identity. Beyond the residential lanes, the landscape shifts toward the dense, quiet canopy of Newhall Covert, where the air holds a cooler, deeper resonance. To the north-west, the reed-fringed banks of Barton Mere mirror the changing sky, offering a stillness that seems to suspend the passing of hours. Thurston retains the character of a place built on the steady cycles of the soil, where the modern pace of the railway line serves as a counterpoint to the ancient, slow-turning depth of the surrounding woods. Each morning, the frost or heat settles upon the rooftops with a distinct, unhurried weight that marks the passage of the seasons. Residents move through these familiar paths with an ease born of long acquaintance with the rhythm of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Thurston Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 154° SSE
  • Newhall Covert (Forest / Woodland) — 0.8 mi, 204° SSW
  • Barton Mere (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 343° NNW
  • Rougham Hall (Historic Ruins) — 0.9 mi, 205° SSW
  • Church Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 291° WNW
  • The Green (Park) — 1.7 mi, 137° SE
  • 94th Bomb Group Control Tower (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 247° WSW
  • Wolsey's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 299° WNW
  • Flying Fortress Park (Park) — 2.0 mi, 257° WSW
  • Pakenham Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 033° NNE · 6 ha
  • Eastlow Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.4 mi, 206° SSW
  • East Low Hill Tumulus (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 205° SSW
  • Roman Building Sw Of Lake Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 201° SSW · 3 ha
  • The Black Bourn (River) — 2.7 mi, 035° NE
  • Pumphouse In Centre Of Village (Scheduled Monument) — 2.7 mi, 214° SSW
  • Puttockshill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.8 mi, 340° NNW
  • Pakenham Water Mill (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 029° NNE
  • Blackmoor Bottom (Valley) — 3.0 mi, 321° NW
  • The Glen Chalk Caves, Bury St. Edmund'S Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.1 mi, 264° W · 2 ha
  • The Bury Bat (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 264° W
  • Abbey Gardens And Precincts (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.7 mi, 260° W · 10 ha
  • Bury St Edmunds Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 261° W
  • Abbey Model (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 262° W
  • The Pillar Of Salt traffic sign (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 262° W
  • Greene King Brewery Visitor Centre (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 258° WSW
  • Abbeygate Cinema (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 261° W
  • Woolpit Village Pump (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 119° ESE
  • Woolpit & District Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 119° ESE
  • Moyse's Hall Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 264° W
  • Suffolk Regiment Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 266° W

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About This Thurston Map Page

Explore Thurston, Suffolk, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.252727, 0.805968. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.