Setchey is a Village in the county of Norfolk.

Setchey postcode: PE33 0BX

Retail in Setchey

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

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

Setchey's best nearby towns can be found at King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.

Setchey is near some unmissable beaches like Heacham South Beach,

There are a number of ancient sites near to Setchey including Grimes Graves.

Grimes Graves is a great place to visit close to Setchey if you like old mines.

There are a several good woodlands in the area around Setchey like Thetford Forest Park.

Don't miss Thetford Forest Park's country parks if visiting the area around Setchey.

Don't miss Norwich Airport's airports if visiting the area around Setchey.

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

Setchey History

There are some historic monuments around Setchey:

• Middleton Mount motte and bailey castle
• Moated site of Wormegay Priory, fishponds and associated enclosures
• Cross in St Margaret's churchyard
• Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall
• Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall
• Moated site and manorial earthworks at Middleton Towers
• Bowl barrow on Leziate Heath, 300m west of Leziate Drove
• Moated site of Crancourt Manor, 430m south east of Manor Farm
• Medieval town walls
• Site of All Saints' Church
• Post-medieval defences
• Remains of St James' Church and surrounding Saxon and medieval settlement
• Whitefriars Gateway, South Lynn
• Town wall beside Wyatt Street
• Greyfriars Tower
• Red Mount Chapel, The Walk
• Littleport Street Bridge
• Standing cross on the green, 70m west of St Lawrence's Church
• Motte and bailey castle in Wormegay village
• Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle
• Bowl barrow and associated mound in Old Fen, 450m south east of Mill House
• Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church
• Bowl barrow and adjacent section of boundary bank and ditch 700m south of Mill House
• Castle Rising castle and 11th century church
• Moat at the Old Rectory
• Moated site in Crow's Wood, 700m south west of the ruined church of St James
• The Former South Gate and Southgates Bridge
• Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm
• Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey Farm
• Remains of Blackborough Priory
• Village cross, 30m south of Cross Hill Farm
• Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall
• Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield
• Bowl barrow on Roydon Common, 800m south west of Hall Farm
• Medieval settlement remains north of Kenwick Farm house
• Portion of town walls in Kettlewell Lane
• Two bowl barrows on Roydon Common, 700m south west of Hall Farm