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.

Lopham Fen is one of Ampton's best, nearby fens to visit in Ampton.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Ampton including Lopham Fen.

Ickworth is a great place to visit close to Ampton if you like historic buildings.

Villages to visit near Ampton include Elveden.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Ampton including Elveden Monument.

Ampton History

There are some historic monuments around Ampton:

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