King’s Lynn is a Town in the county of Norfolk.

King’s Lynn postcode: PE30 1BJ

Retail in King’s Lynn

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

King’s Lynn's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.

King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea are great places to visit near King’s Lynn if you like towns.

King’s Lynn is near some unmissable beaches like Heacham South Beach,

There are a several good ancient sites in the area around King’s Lynn like Grimes Graves.

There are a several good old mines in the area around King’s Lynn like Grimes Graves.

King’s Lynn is near some unmissable woodlands like Thetford Forest Park,

There are a several good country parks in the area around King’s Lynn like Thetford Forest Park.

There are a several good airports in the area around King’s Lynn like Norwich Airport.

King’s Lynn is near some unmissable ruins like St Benet's Abbey,

King’s Lynn History

There are some historic monuments around King’s Lynn:

• Medieval settlement of Babingley
• Littleport Street Bridge
• Town wall beside Wyatt Street
• Medieval town walls
• Post-medieval defences
• St Felix's Church, Babingley
• Moated site of Wormegay Priory, fishponds and associated enclosures
• Standing cross on the green, 70m west of St Lawrence's Church
• Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield
• Motte and bailey castle in Wormegay village
• Portion of town walls in Kettlewell Lane
• Moated site and manorial earthworks at Middleton Towers
• Whitefriars Gateway, South Lynn
• Greyfriars Tower
• Cross in St Margaret's churchyard
• Bowl barrow and associated mound in Old Fen, 450m south east of Mill House
• Red Mount Chapel, The Walk
• Moat at the Old Rectory
• Moated site in Crow's Wood, 700m south west of the ruined church of St James
• Medieval settlement remains north of Kenwick Farm house
• Remains of Blackborough Priory
• Bowl barrow and adjacent section of boundary bank and ditch 700m south of Mill House
• Butler's Cross
• Village cross, 30m south of Cross Hill Farm
• Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle
• Castle Rising castle and 11th century church
• Remains of St James' Church and surrounding Saxon and medieval settlement
• The Former South Gate and Southgates Bridge
• Middleton Mount motte and bailey castle