Costessey is a Village in the county of Norfolk.

Retail in Costessey

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

The area around Costessey features a number of interesting historic buildings including Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.

Costessey's best nearby towns can be found at King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.

There are a several good beaches in the area around Costessey like Heacham South Beach.

Costessey is near some unmissable ancient sites like Grimes Graves,

Grimes Graves is one of Costessey's best, nearby old mines to visit in Costessey.

Woodlands to visit near Costessey include Thetford Forest Park.

Costessey is near some unmissable country parks like Thetford Forest Park,

Costessey is near some unmissable airports like Norwich Airport,

Costessey is near some unmissable ruins like St Benet's Abbey,

Costessey History

There are some historic monuments around Costessey:

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