Great Whelnetham is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Great Whelnetham

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

Great Whelnetham is near some unmissable fens like Lopham Fen,

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

Great Whelnetham is near some unmissable historic buildings like Ickworth,

Don't miss Elveden's villages if visiting the area around Great Whelnetham.

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

Great Whelnetham History

There are some historic monuments around Great Whelnetham:

• Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Pound Green
• Market cross
• Moated site immediately west of Bradfield Hall
• Pumphouse in centre of village
• Roman building SW of Lake Farm
• Roman settlement S of Ixworth
• Moated site 200yds (180m) S of Oldhall Green
• Ixworth Roman villa
• Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert
• Moated site at Doveden Hall
• Site of Hawstead Place and associated fishponds
• Two moated sites adjoining St Andrew's Church, with associated remains of medieval settlement at Pound Green
• Moated site immediately south east of New House Farm
• East Low Hill tumulus
• Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
• Remains of circular chapel E of church
• Babwell Friary (remains of)
• St Saviour's Hospital
• The Chapel of the Charnel
• Moated site, formerly the site of Rushbrooke Hall, 400m south west of Poplar Meadow
• Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks
• Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
• Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints