Elveden is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Elveden

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

The area around Elveden's best fens can be found at Lopham Fen.

Don't miss Lopham Fen's nature reserves if visiting the area around Elveden.

The area close to Elveden boasts some of the best historic buildings including Ickworth.

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

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

Elveden History

There are some historic monuments around Elveden:

• Weeting Castle moated site and 12th century manor house with post-medieval ice house
• Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields
• Cavenham Bridge
• Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle
• Five bowl barrows 590m north east of Bernersfield Farm
• Roman building E of Fengate Farm
• Two bowl barrows 560m east of Emily's Wood
• Site of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe House
• Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
• Santon moated site and associated medieval settlement
• Bowl barrow 100m south east of Woodcock Cottage
• Bowl barrow 510m south east of Bernersfield Farm
• Bowl barrow known as How Hill, east of Heronfield Belt
• An Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estate
• Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
• Site of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor Hotel
• Leylands Farm Romano-British site, Hockwold
• Blackfriars
• Site of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to south
• Bell barrow known as White Hill
• Bowl barrow 650m south east of Telegraph Plantation
• Bowl barrow 380m south west of Santon House
• Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill
• 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
• Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town
• Site of Saxon town: Bury Road allotments
• Round barrow called Cuckoo Hill
• Bowl barrow 580m north east of The Lodge, Brandon
• Bowl barrow known as Traveller's Hill tumulus
• Mickle Hill
• Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
• Bowl barrow 780m south west of Bernersfield Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bank
• Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
• Site of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open space
• Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner
• Roman villa SW of Weatherhill Farm
• Grimes Graves, including round barrow in Grimes Graves Plantation
• Middle Saxon occupation on Chequer Meadow
• Thetford Warren Lodge
• Castle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge Farm
• Civil War sconce near Farthing Bridge
• Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
• Site of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy well
• Thetford Cluniac priory
• Bank and ditch NE of London Road
• Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn
• Site of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments
• Pepper Hill bowl barrow, 400m north east of Mill Farm
• Melford Bridge
• Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm
• Red Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remains
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• Bowl barrow on north west edge of Gibson's Slip, 220m north west of Gate Lodge
• Devil's Dyke (Fossdyke or Fendyke)
• Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert