Colney is a Village in the county of Norfolk.

Colney postcode: NR4 7TP

Retail in Colney

There are great places to visit near Colney including some great historic buildings, towns, beaches, ancient sites, old mines, woodlands, country parks, airports and ruins.

Historic Buildings to visit near Colney include Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.

Towns to visit near Colney include King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.

Heacham South Beach is a great place to visit close to Colney if you like beaches.

There are a number of ancient sites near to Colney including Grimes Graves.

Old Mines to visit near Colney include Grimes Graves.

Places near Colney feature a number of interesting woodlands including Thetford Forest Park.

Country Parks to visit near Colney include Thetford Forest Park.

Norwich Airport is one of Colney's best, nearby airports to visit in Colney.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Colney like St Benet's Abbey.

Colney History

There are some historic monuments around Colney:

• Bishop's Palace gate
• Carrow Priory (ruined portions)
• Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road
• St Bartholomew's Church, Heigham
• Bishop Salmon's porch
• St Faith Priory
• Two garden houses near the Hall
• Curat's House, Haymarket
• Blockhouse known as the Cow Tower
• Norman House, St Martin-at-Palace Plain
• Cringleford Bridge
• Two tumuli in Big Wood
• Watergate, The Close
• The Dominican Friary (Blackfriars) Norwich: Becket’s Chapel, Chapter House, North Range, standing remains in the East Garth, and buried remains
• Bishop Bridge
• Old Charnel House, The Close
• Tumulus in the Warren
• Horsford Castle
• Sites discovered by air photography at Markshall
• Round barrow SE of the Lodges
• Erpingham Gate
• St Ethelbert Gate
• Village cross 160m south of St Margaret's Church
• Moot Hill
• St Lawrence's Well, Lower Westick Street
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Gate of Bridewell, part of No 6 St Andrew's Hill
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery SW of Markshall Farm
• Site of St William's Chapel
• Round barrow N of Sandy Lane
• Drayton Lodge
• Two round barrows on Horsford Heath
• Norwich Castle
• Remains of Bowthorpe Church
• Venta Icenorum: Roman town and associated prehistoric, Anglo-Saxon and medieval remains
• Two round barrows near Norwich Lodge, Ketteringham Hall
• Moated site at the Manor House, Arminghall
• Old Assembly Rooms and the remains of St Mary's College
• 'Woodhenge', Arminghall
• Remains of St Leonard's Priory
• Bawburgh Bridge
• 19-21 Bedford Street, medieval undercroft
• City walls and towers
• Two tumuli, Eaton Heath
• Roman sites outside town walls
• Newton Flotman Bridge
• Arminghall, sites discovered by air photographs