Bentley is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Bentley

There are great places to visit near Bentley including some great fens, nature reserves, historic buildings, villages and historic monuments.

Bentley is near some unmissable fens like Lopham Fen,

Lopham Fen is one of Bentley's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Bentley.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Bentley like Ickworth.

Places near Bentley feature a number of interesting villages including Elveden.

Elveden Monument is one of Bentley's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Bentley.

Bentley History

There are some historic monuments around Bentley:

• Area of Middle and Late Saxon town between Upper Brook Street and Upper Orwell Street
• World War II bombing decoy WRI Spinnels Farm
• Site of Old St Mary's Church
• Mistley Towers
• Wolsey's Gate, College Street
• Dodnash Priory (site of)
• Moated site at The Old Rectory, 150m north east of Malting Farm
• Dominican friary (remains of), and a section of the east precinct wall
• Wenham Castle (Little Wenham Hall)
• Area of middle and late Saxon town, off Star Lane
• Area of middle and late Saxon town between Turret Lane and Star Lane
• Crop mark site S of Ardleigh
• Site discovered by aerial photography S of King's Wood
• Area of middle and late Saxon town, and medieval defences, off Old Foundry Road
• Interrupted ditch system at Potash Farm
• Round barrow W of Lawford Hall
• Settlement site NNE of Lawford House
• Moated site at Moat Farm, 450m south of Cobbler's Corner
• Ring ditches SW of Reed Island
• Area of Middle and Late Saxon town, off Greyfriars Road
• Buried remains of Late Saxon and medieval town defences, and a section of C14 precinct wall to the Dominican friary of the Ipswich Blackfriars