The Church of St Andrew in Thurning was built around 1300. Whilst small, it is perfectly formed and has many interesting features.  The church lacks a Chancel, which was demolished in the 1700s. However the East Window was saved and moved into the nave. The church was refurbished in the 1820s with 13 box pews and a large three deck pulpit which had previously been in a chapel at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Corpus Christi College are patrons of St Andrew’s Church and have close links to this day. In the church yard there is a stable which was used before the first resident rector of Thurning arrived in 1834, when rectors came from Fulmondeston and Wood Dalling by horse.

Thurning is a small dispersed village with a population of around 68, including 12 children.