If you are coming on a day trip to Thornham.........

If you are coming on a school day trip to Thornham you may wonder what it will be like. Your teacher will have chosen a course for you to follow from our list on our web site www.thornham.org.uk Your teacher will have clicked on the teacher icon and selected 2009 courses. This will probably fit in with what you are doing at school, although you may be doing a fun course such as Team Building or Outdoor Living Skills.

Most schools arrive by coach, the coach parks in our coach park. Look out for the sheep in the field by the coach park. At the moment they are Norfolk Horn Sheep, though we sometimes have other breeds.


Your Thornham tutor will meet your coach and take you to the main Field Centre buildings


You come through the main entrance and see the Thornham Walks' notice board. Thornham Walks staff look after the 12 miles of footpaths at Thornham which are open to the public.

The path goes by the picnic site where you may have lunch if the weather is good. If there is time after lunch, you may be able to go on the play equipment.



As you turn the corner you will see the entrance to Thornham Walks, there is about half a mile of surface foot path which goes round our Walled Garden, look out for the ancient oak tree on the left which is about 600 years old. There are several information boards dotted along this path to help explain things about Thornham to you. The first one tells you how the late Lord Henniker and his wife started Thornham Walks, Field Centre and Walled Garden.



You will see the Field Centre and Walks office ahead of you and then as you go down the slope you will see the Display Centre where you will leave your bags and eat your lunch if the weather is bad. You may use the Green Room which is through the archway if the Display Centre is being used. This is a picture of Jean, our Education Officer outside the Display Centre.







We hope you have a lovely day!