Bentley is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Bentley

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

Fens to visit near Bentley include Lopham Fen.

Nature Reserves to visit near Bentley include Lopham Fen.

The area around Bentley's best historic buildings can be found at Ickworth.

Places near Bentley feature a number of interesting villages including Elveden.

Elveden Monument is a great place to visit close to Bentley if you like historic monuments.

Bentley History

There are some historic monuments around Bentley:

• Interrupted ditch system at Potash Farm
• Dominican friary (remains of), and a section of the east precinct wall
• Round barrow W of Lawford Hall
• Area of Middle and Late Saxon town, off Greyfriars Road
• Settlement site NNE of Lawford House
• Area of middle and late Saxon town, and medieval defences, off Old Foundry Road
• Site discovered by aerial photography S of King's Wood
• Area of Middle and Late Saxon town between Upper Brook Street and Upper Orwell Street
• Moated site at The Old Rectory, 150m north east of Malting Farm
• Buried remains of Late Saxon and medieval town defences, and a section of C14 precinct wall to the Dominican friary of the Ipswich Blackfriars
• Site of Old St Mary's Church
• Moated site at Moat Farm, 450m south of Cobbler's Corner
• World War II bombing decoy WRI Spinnels Farm
• Ring ditches SW of Reed Island
• Wenham Castle (Little Wenham Hall)
• Dodnash Priory (site of)
• Mistley Towers
• Wolsey's Gate, College Street
• Area of middle and late Saxon town, off Star Lane
• Crop mark site S of Ardleigh
• Area of middle and late Saxon town between Turret Lane and Star Lane