Belstead is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Belstead

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

Lopham Fen is a great place to visit close to Belstead if you like fens.

Nature Reserves to visit near Belstead include Lopham Fen.

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

There are a several good villages in the area around Belstead like Elveden.

Belstead is near some unmissable historic monuments like Elveden Monument,

Belstead History

There are some historic monuments around Belstead:

• Settlement site NNE of Lawford House
• Ring ditches SW of Reed Island
• Wenham Castle (Little Wenham Hall)
• Area of Middle and Late Saxon town, off Greyfriars Road
• Buried remains of Late Saxon and medieval town defences, and a section of C14 precinct wall to the Dominican friary of the Ipswich Blackfriars
• Offton Castle
• Wolsey's Gate, College Street
• Site of Old St Mary's Church
• Area of middle and late Saxon town, and medieval defences, off Old Foundry Road
• Interrupted ditch system at Potash Farm
• Enclosure E of Nether Hall
• Moated site at Moat Farm, 450m south of Cobbler's Corner
• World War II bombing decoy WRI Spinnels Farm
• Area of middle and late Saxon town, off Star Lane
• Dominican friary (remains of), and a section of the east precinct wall
• Round barrow W of Lawford Hall
• Mistley Towers
• Area of Middle and Late Saxon town between Upper Brook Street and Upper Orwell Street
• Area of middle and late Saxon town between Turret Lane and Star Lane
• Dodnash Priory (site of)