Hopton cum Knettishall

Welcome to our village website.

Whether you live locally, are a visitor or are looking to move here, we hope you find the information you need. If you have any suggestions about how we can make the site more useful, please contact the website manager. Keep checking back for Parish Council updates, village history and photographs, local events and other news.

Thank you.

Local club dates and events are added to the Events section. You can also use the calendar to the left to browse events. Contact the website manager to add your event.

We're currently making some updates to the website - if you have any ideas or suggestions, please email the website manager.

Recent changes:

• New Clubs & Groups (16 Jul)
  New Amenities (12 Jul)
• New About > Walks (9 Jul)
• New About > Places to Visit (5 Jul)
• Revised theme and home page (3 Jul)
• New About > Village Gallery (2 Jul)
• Revised Parish Council pages (June)

Hopton CEVC Primary School

The school was rated "outstanding" in its last Ofsted inspection report.

The school website provides comprehensive information such as term dates and details of school activities as well as information for current and prospective parents.

Contact: Claire Wright (Headteacher)
Tel: 01953 681449

Thurston Community College

Autumn term open evenings, details are now in the Events section.

• 25 September - Community College
• 1 November - Thurston Sixth

• Ixworth Surgery, Peddars Cl, Ixworth, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 2HD
  Tel: 01359 230252.
  Repeat prescription delivery
• Botesdale Health Centre, Back Hills, Botesdale, Diss IP22 1DW
  Tel: 01379 898295
• East Harling Surgery, Market St, East Harling, Norwich NR16 2AD
  Tel: 01953 717204
• Stanton Surgery, 10 The Chase, Stanton, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 2XA
  Tel: 01359 253700
  Repeat prescription delivery

The last Hopton cum Knettishall Parish Council meeting was held on Monday, 9th July at 7pm in the village hall. Minutes are now available in the Parish Council section.
Note: there is no meeting in August.

Visit the Parish Council pages for more information:

• Councillors details including contact details and registers of interests, meeting agendas and minutes.
• Financial information including details of external audit, balance sheet and 'exercise of public rights' forms.
• Parish Council meeting dates are in the Events calendar.

• With grateful thanks to Jean Filby, we have a fascinating resource Hopton's Happenings, in our History of Hopton section.
• Our Village Gallery carries many images of Hopton and its inhabitants from days past.
• We're adding new content to these pages whenever we find it - please let us know if you have anything you would like to contribute.

If you suspect a crime is in progress dial 999.

Safer Neighbourhood Team newsletter - Jun 2018

Hopton and Knettishall are served by three nearby rail stations, providing links o

to Norwich, Cambridge, Ipswich and London.

• Diss station
• Thetford station
• Harling Road station

Local bus services provide links to Bury St Edmunds, Diss and Thetford.

• Bury St Edmunds services
• Diss services
• Thetford services