Tunstall, Suffolk

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On an Ordinance Survey map of Suffolk, England, there are two Tunstall villages next to each other, 7.5 miles north east of Woodbridge. The larger Tunstall is a good sized village with a church called St Michael's, notable for its unusual boxed pews. Half a mile away, the smaller Tunstall is a hamlet next to Tunstall Common and has only a dozen houses and a Baptist chapel. The Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a beautiful fragment of the ancient sandling dry lowland heath that was once extensive across this area of coastal Suffolk. The Common leads to Tunstall Forest, which was started in the 1920s with pine plantations. In the Great Storm of 1987, Tunstall Forest lost thousands of trees and the opportunity was taken to diversify the mix of trees planted. The area has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is a haven for wildlife, including fallow deer and muntjac.

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The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson is set in Tunstall hamlet and forest.