Swardeston is a Village in the county of Norfolk.

Retail in Swardeston

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

Swardeston has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.

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

Places near Swardeston feature a number of interesting beaches including Heacham South Beach.

Swardeston is near some unmissable ancient sites like Grimes Graves,

Don't miss Grimes Graves's old mines if visiting the area around Swardeston.

Thetford Forest Park is one of Swardeston's best, nearby woodlands to visit in Swardeston.

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

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

St Benet's Abbey is one of Swardeston's best, nearby ruins to visit in Swardeston.

Swardeston History

There are some historic monuments around Swardeston:

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