Welcome

Santon Downham is a lovely spot in the heart of Thetford Forest in Suffolk.  

We've bought the domain www.santondownham.org as a resource for people who live in or simply love the village. We've just started to build the site in February 2004, and it will probably change in structure and appearance in the coming weeks. We are happy to include events, pictures, articles and so on - contact us if you have anything you would like adding. 

The village now has the splendid new Santon Downham Centre, adjoining the Breckland Club. The Centre was built to replace the Village Hall and opened in 2004. It has its own website - www.santondownhamcentre.co.uk - which gives details of facilities for hire and events taking place. You can take a look inside the Centre through one of our 360 degree photographs.

So far, this website mainly contains information from the 22 villages local history millennium project, sponsored by Forest Heath District Council. This project led to a book and a website. The 22 villages website may still be online, but we have republished Santon Downham's content here and will be adding new material. Please note that some web pages drawn from the original 22 villages site may be out of date as they were written several years ago - though most relate to village history.