Ampton is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Ampton

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

There are a several good fens in the area around Ampton like Lopham Fen.

Lopham Fen is a great place to visit close to Ampton if you like nature reserves.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Ampton like Ickworth.

Don't miss Elveden's villages if visiting the area around Ampton.

Elveden Monument is one of Ampton's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Ampton.

Ampton History

There are some historic monuments around Ampton:

• Pumphouse in centre of village
• Bowl barrow known as Traveller's Hill tumulus
• The Chapel of the Charnel
• Rushford Bridge
• Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
• 'Seven Hills' (tumuli), Rushford
• Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm
• East Low Hill tumulus
• Roman settlement S of Ixworth
• Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
• Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
• Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
• Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
• Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
• Roman building SW of Lake Farm
• Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
• Site of Little Saxham Hall
• Site of Saxon town: Bury Road allotments
• Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn
• Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner
• Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
• St Saviour's Hospital
• Babwell Friary (remains of)
• Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert
• Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints
• Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages
• Site of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary Road
• Moated site, formerly the site of Rushbrooke Hall, 400m south west of Poplar Meadow
• Rushford Bridge
• Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill