Sprowston is a Town in the county of Norfolk.

Sprowston in Norfolk is located 3.8 km NE from Norwich.

Retail in Sprowston

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

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

The area around Sprowston features a number of interesting towns including King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.

Beaches to visit near Sprowston include Heacham South Beach.

There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Sprowston like Grimes Graves.

There are a several good old mines in the area around Sprowston like Grimes Graves.

The area close to Sprowston boasts some of the best woodlands including Thetford Forest Park.

Places near Sprowston feature a number of interesting country parks including Thetford Forest Park.

There are a number of airports near to Sprowston including Norwich Airport.

Ruins to visit near Sprowston include St Benet's Abbey.

Sprowston History

There are some historic monuments around Sprowston:

• Two round barrows on Horsford Heath
• Bishop Salmon's porch
• Wroxham Bridge
• Two tumuli, Eaton Heath
• Roman camp and settlement site W of Horstead
• Sites discovered by air photography at Markshall
• Site of St William's Chapel
• World War II fighter pen, Cold War blast walls and associated remains at the airfield formerly known as RAF Coltishall
• Two tumuli in Big Wood
• Village cross 160m south of St Margaret's Church
• Remains of medieval settlement 380m south of Park Farm
• Cringleford Bridge
• Remains of Bixley Hall and associated garden water features
• St Lawrence's Well, Lower Westick Street
• Drayton Lodge
• 19-21 Bedford Street, medieval undercroft
• Norwich Castle
• Former Norwich Second World War IN-Station
• City walls and towers
• Remains of medieval settlement 400m east of Church Farm, Arminghall
• Arminghall, sites discovered by air photographs
• St Bartholomew's Church, Heigham
• Moated site at the Manor House, Arminghall
• Erpingham Gate
• Norman House, St Martin-at-Palace Plain
• 'Woodhenge', Arminghall
• Bishop Bridge
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery SW of Markshall Farm
• St Faith Priory
• Mayton Bridge
• Carrow Priory (ruined portions)
• Roman sites outside town walls
• Old Charnel House, The Close
• Old Assembly Rooms and the remains of St Mary's College
• Gate of Bridewell, part of No 6 St Andrew's Hill
• Venta Icenorum: Roman town and associated prehistoric, Anglo-Saxon and medieval remains
• Great Hautbois old church
• Blockhouse known as the Cow Tower
• Curat's House, Haymarket
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Watergate, The Close
• St Ethelbert Gate
• Bishop's Palace gate
• Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road
• Remains of St Leonard's Priory
• Horsford Castle
• The Dominican Friary (Blackfriars) Norwich: Becket’s Chapel, Chapter House, North Range, standing remains in the East Garth, and buried remains