The parish council holds two meadows and a piece of rough woodland in trust for the villagers.

A programme of conservation is on-going to maintain and improve the area for plants, animals and birds as well as being a pleasant place to walk.

[3] The south wall has a commemorative plaque to George Arthur Falconer (1894–1981), who was H. M. Ambassador to Nepal and High Sheriff of Suffolk.

There is also a large marble memorial plaque, inscribed in Latin, to William Vesey who died on 21 June 1699 aged 50 and his wife Elizabeth.

Whatfield Hall is a timber-framed and plastered two-story building, possibly of the 16th or 17th century.