Santon Downham is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Santon Downham

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

Fens to visit near Santon Downham include Lopham Fen.

Santon Downham is near some unmissable nature reserves like Lopham Fen,

Ickworth is one of Santon Downham's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Santon Downham.

There are a several good villages in the area around Santon Downham like Elveden.

Elveden Monument is a great place to visit close to Santon Downham if you like historic monuments.

Santon Downham History

There are some historic monuments around Santon Downham:

• Site of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary Road
• Middle Saxon occupation on Chequer Meadow
• Bowl barrow at Slave's Hill
• Grimes Graves, including round barrow in Grimes Graves Plantation
• Leylands Farm Romano-British site, Hockwold
• Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 760m west of Pilgrims' Walk
• Blackfriars
• Bowl barrow 580m north east of The Lodge, Brandon
• Sturston Hall, site of
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge Farm
• Bank and ditch NE of London Road
• Site of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to south
• Bowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bank
• Bowl barrow north of Bodney Warren
• Bowl barrow 100m south east of Woodcock Cottage
• Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
• Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
• Melford Bridge
• Bowl barrow on north west edge of Gibson's Slip, 220m north west of Gate Lodge
• Two Bowl Barrows 250m north-west of Prince of Wales Covert
• An Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estate
• Bowl barrow at Mound Plantation
• Bowl barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 770m north west of Field Barn
• Red Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remains
• Roman building E of Fengate Farm
• Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 650m west of Pilgrims' Walk
• Village cross 270m north west of St Andrew's Church
• Devil's Dyke (Fossdyke or Fendyke)
• Wayside cross known as Stump Cross in Mount Ephraim Plantation
• Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town
• Holy Cross Church
• Two bowl barrows north-west of Waterend Farm
• Santon moated site and associated medieval settlement
• Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
• Site of Saxon town: Bury Road allotments
• Thetford Warren Lodge
• Pepper Hill bowl barrow, 400m north east of Mill Farm
• Site of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments
• Bowl barrow 700m north west of High Lodge
• Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle
• Two bowl barrows 560m east of Emily's Wood
• Site of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy well
• Thetford Cluniac priory
• Mickle Hill
• West Tofts deserted village
• Weeting Castle moated site and 12th century manor house with post-medieval ice house
• Site of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor Hotel
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 810m north west of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow in Lynnroad Covert, 870m south east of Heath Farm
• Bowl barrow 380m south west of Santon House
• Site of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe House
• Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
• Site of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open space
• Castle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary
• Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm
• Caston Hall, site of
• Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields
• Group of round barrows near Hopton House
• Bell barrow known as White Hill