Category: Thoulstone: Gleanings

The Founders Of Thoulstone Park

Wednesday 19th November 2025

A message from Thoulstone Park:

Meet the founders of Thoulstone Park

James and Alka have poured their hearts into transforming what was once a derelict golf course into a thriving eco community space for all.

James is incredibly passionate and has always felt a strong connection to nature. As a child he was nicknamed Percy after the famous gardener Percy Thrower, thanks to the countless hours he spent in the garden with his mum. No surprise that Thoulstone Park now feels like a slightly bigger garden for him to tend to.

Alka is resourceful and thoughtful, with a love for restoring old things and giving them new life. She sees beauty in repair and renewal, and her eye for detail and creativity brings so much heart to the project. Her background as an entrepreneur and her dedication as a mother of four shine through in everything she does here.

They each bring their own gifts to the land and to the community growing around it.

Follow along as we spotlight more of the wonderful team behind the incredible businesses at Thoulstone Park.

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Councillor Parks Gets The Message – Many Local Objections To A Premises Licence For Thoulstone Park

Saturday 29th July 2023

Councillor Bill Parks, Warminster North And Rural, writes:

A busy time this week when I attended Upton Scudamore and Chapmanslade Parish Council meetings to listen to the many local objections to the recent application for a Premises Licence for Thoulstone Park, near Warminster.

I was also pleased to meet with the residents in Short Street, nearby, who are most likely to be affected. As their local Wiltshire Councillor, it is important that I listen and represent the people.

The public consultation date has now passed, and I understand that the license is to be determined by the Licensing Committee at County Hall on the August 15th, which I will attend.

Let’s hope that sense prevails and that a clearer understanding of event numbers, type and hours of operation reach a sensible compromise which satisfies the genuine worries of noise disturbance to the nearby communities.

The messages given were all loud and clear!

Thoulstone Park Regeneration Proposals – Information Drop-In Sessions With Natural Retreats And The Design Team, At The Three Horseshoes, Chapmanslade

Luxury travel and leisure company Natural Retreats held a drop-in session on Thursday 19th April 2018 at Chapmanslade Village Hall to discuss their plans for the former Thoulstone Park Golf Course. 

Further information drop-in sessions will be held at the Three Horseshoes, Chapmanslade, on Tuesday 8th May 2018, from 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and on Wednesday 9th May 2018, 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Information will be on display outling the proposals for the regeneration of the former Thoulstone Park Golf Club. Representatives of Natural Retreats and the design team will be on hand to answer any questions.

David Gough, who will be running the sessions, says: “We look forward to talking to as many people as possible on the 8th and 9th of May. Feedback received so far has been collated and is being reviewed. We have also been looking at the results of the Chapmanslade Village Questionnaire to understand the outcomes and whether some of these may be incorporated in the proposals.”

The company are hopeful for a complex including accommodation, dining, and business space to be built on the site and are welcoming the public to share their views and ideas.

Although plans are in the early stages, discussions have been held with both Chapmanslade and Upton Scudamore Parish councils as well as Wiltshire Council.

Any enquiries with regard the information sessions or the proposals should be made by email: planning@naturalretreats.co.uk

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The Abandoned Thoulstone Park Golf Club, Near Chapmanslade

Tuesday 30th May 2017

Youtube video clip ~

The Abandoned Thoulstone Park Golf Club, Chapmanslade.

Exploring The Unseen World
“We are back with our good old pal Big Taze, and in this video, we explore the quickly forgotten ‘Thoulstone Park Golf Club’.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp8ik50Eh50 

Check out Tazer’s History video on the place to learn more about it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPq9WpCIqD4

Plans Submitted For Wind Turbine At Thoulstone Farm, Chapmanslade

Tuesday 7th October 2014

A controversial planning application for a single wind turbine at Thoulstone Farm in Chapmanslade has now been submitted to Wiltshire Council. People have until Friday 24th October 2014, to comment. Details are available on the council’s website under the planning application number 14/08778/FUL 

Story on the thisiswiltshire.co.uk website

Arable Land At Thoulstone Up For Auction

Sunday 20th October 2013

Approximately 106 acres of land, the majority of which is arable capable, at Thoulstone, on the Warminster side of Chapmanslade, Wiltshire, is among several rural lots up for auction by Cooper & Tanner at a Property Auction they are holding at Wells Golf Club, Wells, Somerset, on Tuesday 29th October 2013, commencing at 7.00 p.m. For further details contact Cooper & Tanner by telephoning 01373 455060 or 01458 834288 or see www.cooperandtanner.co.uk

Thoulstone

The chapter on Upton Scudamore in A History Of The County Of Wiltshire, Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury And Whorwellsdown Hundreds, originally published by Victoria County History, 1965, mentions Thoulstone:

Thoulstone had 22 poll-tax payers in 1377. In 1428 it had fewer than ten households, and in the later 16th century there were about seven houses there.  By 1807 there were only three farms; one, the Breach Farm, which lay south of the sharp bend in the road, has since disappeared. Of the other two, that south of the road is a large brick building of the late 18th century, while the one on the other side displays the Gothic taste of a few years later.