Great Bircham is a Village in the county of Norfolk.

Great Bircham postcode: PE31 6XR

Retail in Great Bircham

There are great places to visit near Great Bircham including some great historic buildings, towns, beaches, ancient sites, old mines, woodlands, country parks, airports and ruins.

Great Bircham has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.

There are a several good towns in the Great Bircham area like King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.

There are a number of beaches near to Great Bircham including Heacham South Beach.

Grimes Graves is a great place to visit close to Great Bircham if you like ancient sites.

The area close to Great Bircham boasts some of the best old mines including Grimes Graves.

Don't miss Thetford Forest Park's woodlands if visiting the area around Great Bircham.

Great Bircham is near some unmissable country parks like Thetford Forest Park,

There are a several good airports in the area around Great Bircham like Norwich Airport.

The area around Great Bircham's best ruins can be found at St Benet's Abbey.

Great Bircham History

There are some historic monuments around Great Bircham:

• Bowl barrow 425m SSE of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
• Saucer barrow on Coxford Heath, 480m south west of Highfield House
• Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common
• Medieval settlement around Anmer Hall
• Romano-British villa 400m west of White House
• Bell barrow 670m north east of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common
• Bowl barrow on West Rudham Common, 1250m east of the Grange
• Appleton medieval and early post-medieval settlement
• Roman villa one mile (1600m) E of village
• Roman villa NE of Eaton
• Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1070m north east of Crow Hall
• Roman villa adjoining Watery Lane
• Bowl barrow 1150m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common
• Bell barrow 450m ESE of Anmer Farm
• Flitcham Priory, medieval settlement and 16th century great house
• Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
• Congham Roman settlement
• Moated site 390m south of the remains of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow and pill box 430m WSW of Burnham Westgate Hall
• Moated site in Hillington Park
• St Peter's Church tower
• Mound in Osier Carr
• Bowl barrow 250m ESE of St Lawrence's Church
• Bell barrow on West Rudham Common, 950m SSE of the Grange
• Bell barrow 25m east of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
• Bowl barrow and moot on Anmer Minque, 590m SSE of junction of Peddars Way and the B1153
• Long barrow on Harpley Common, 650m ESE of Cross's Grave
• Bowl barrow 900m north east of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common
• West Rudham long barrow
• Bowl barrow north and west of Gravelpit Wood, 1380m south east of the Grange
• Medieval beacon on Bircham Common
• Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood
• Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall
• Roman signal station
• Moated site and associated earthworks at Shernborne Hall
• Two bowl barrows on West Rudham Common, 1300m east of the Grange
• Two bowl barrows on Stonepit Hills
• Village cross at north west end of Cross Lane
• Bell barrow and moot 600m SSE of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
• Moated site at The Old Rectory
• Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm