Fakenham Magna is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Fakenham Magna

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

The area close to Fakenham Magna boasts some of the best fens including Lopham Fen.

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

Don't miss Ickworth's historic buildings if visiting the area around Fakenham Magna.

Elveden is one of Fakenham Magna's best, nearby villages to visit in Fakenham Magna.

Places near Fakenham Magna feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Elveden Monument.

Fakenham Magna History

There are some historic monuments around Fakenham Magna:

• Length of Roman road NE of Barningham Park
• 'Seven Hills' (tumuli), Rushford
• Bank and ditch NE of London Road
• Thetford Cluniac priory
• Site of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open space
• Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
• Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town
• Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm
• Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount
• Bowl barrow on Rushford Heath 180m west of Peddar's Way
• Bowl barrow in Brickkiln Covert, Knettishall Heath
• Roman villa at Stanton Clair
• Roman settlement S of Ixworth
• Site of Saxon town: Bury Road allotments
• Rushford Bridge
• Blackfriars
• Babwell Friary (remains of)
• Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• Castle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary
• An Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estate
• Tumuli on West Harling Heath
• Roudham deserted medieval village
• Remains of medieval church and village at Thorpe
• Site of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy well
• Rushford Bridge
• Site of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary Road
• Melford Bridge
• Moated site in Round Grove
• Site of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe House
• Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages
• Ixworth Roman villa
• Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle
• Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill
• Site of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor Hotel
• Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
• Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
• Site of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments
• Red Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remains
• Ruins of St Andrew's Church
• Bowl barrow on Hut Hill, Knettishall Heath
• Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
• Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
• Stanton Upthorpe windmill
• Site of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to south