Key landmarks of Sullington

Sullington Warren is one of the most important ecological areas in the southeast, with 60 acres of sandy National Trust land that provides a habitat for a bountiful mix of birdlife, such as the woodpecker, pipit and yellowhammer. Walkers can also spot the prehistoric barrows formed by Neolithic people many centuries ago.

St Mary’s church was mostly built in the 13th century but also has remnants of Saxon work. Inside the building there is a somewhat worn carving of a crusader, which is said to have inspired AJ Cronin to write his novel: ‘A Thing of Beauty.’ The novelist lived in the village’s rectory before the Second World War.

The village’s ‘white windmill’ was destroyed by fire in 1911, but its stump remains to be seen today.

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