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 around Fakenham Magna's best fens can be found at Lopham Fen.

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

Ickworth is one of Fakenham Magna's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Fakenham Magna.

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

Don't miss Elveden Monument's historic monuments if visiting the area around Fakenham Magna.

Fakenham Magna History

There are some historic monuments around Fakenham Magna:

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