Brandon is a Town in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Brandon

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

Fens to visit near Brandon include Lopham Fen.

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

Ickworth is one of Brandon's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Brandon.

There are a number of villages near to Brandon including Elveden.

The area around Brandon's best historic monuments can be found at Elveden Monument.

Brandon History

There are some historic monuments around Brandon:

• Weeting Castle moated site and 12th century manor house with post-medieval ice house
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• Village cross 270m north west of St Andrew's Church
• Devil's Dyke (Fossdyke or Fendyke)
• Leylands Farm Romano-British site, Hockwold
• Thetford Warren Lodge
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 810m north west of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge Farm
• Bell barrow known as White Hill
• Bowl barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 770m north west of Field Barn
• Site of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy well
• Earthworks in Little Ouse Valley
• Two bowl barrows north-west of Waterend Farm
• Village cross, 90m north east of St James's Church
• Bowl barrow in Lynnroad Covert, 870m south east of Heath Farm
• Bowl barrow 580m north east of The Lodge, Brandon
• Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
• Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 760m west of Pilgrims' Walk
• Bowl barrow 990m south west of Cranhouse Farm
• Grimes Graves, including round barrow in Grimes Graves Plantation
• Bowl barrow known as How Hill, east of Heronfield Belt
• Bowl barrow at Mound Plantation
• Two bowl barrows east of Dale Hole Plantation, 480m north of Pump House
• Roman building E of Fengate Farm
• Hurst Fen Neolithic site
• Santon moated site and associated medieval settlement
• Two bowl barrows 560m east of Emily's Wood
• Middle Saxon occupation on Chequer Meadow
• Bowl barrow 100m south east of Woodcock Cottage
• Bowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bank
• Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 650m west of Pilgrims' Walk
• Old Keeper's Lodge W of High Lodge Farm
• West Tofts deserted village
• Caston Hall, site of
• St Peter's Church, remains of
• Bowl barrow 380m south west of Santon House
• Wayside cross known as Stump Cross in Mount Ephraim Plantation
• Pepper Hill bowl barrow, 400m north east of Mill Farm
• Bowl barrow on north west edge of Gibson's Slip, 220m north west of Gate Lodge
• Bowl barrow at Slave's Hill
• Bowl barrow 700m north west of High Lodge
• Remains of shrunken village E of Hockwold Hall