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.

Santon Downham is near some unmissable fens like Lopham Fen,

The area close to Santon Downham boasts some of the best nature reserves including Lopham Fen.

Historic Buildings to visit near Santon Downham include Ickworth.

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