Ixworth Thorpe is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Ixworth Thorpe

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

Lopham Fen is one of Ixworth Thorpe's best, nearby fens to visit in Ixworth Thorpe.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Ixworth Thorpe like Lopham Fen.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Ixworth Thorpe including Ickworth.

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

Don't miss Elveden Monument's historic monuments if visiting the area around Ixworth Thorpe.

Ixworth Thorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Ixworth Thorpe:

• Site of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor Hotel
• Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
• Site of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments
• Site of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to south
• Length of Roman road NE of Barningham Park
• Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm
• Bowl barrow on Rushford Heath 180m west of Peddar's Way
• Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
• Red Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remains
• Bank and ditch NE of London Road
• St Saviour's Hospital
• Ixworth Roman villa
• Bowl barrow on Hut Hill, Knettishall Heath
• Moated site in Round Grove
• Roman villa at Stanton Clair
• The Chapel of the Charnel
• Castle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary
• Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount
• Site of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe House
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• 'Seven Hills' (tumuli), Rushford
• Thetford Cluniac priory
• Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town
• Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields
• Site of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary Road
• Babwell Friary (remains of)
• Stanton Upthorpe windmill
• Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
• Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill
• Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle
• Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
• Roman settlement S of Ixworth
• Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages
• Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
• Bowl barrow in Brickkiln Covert, Knettishall Heath
• Rushford Bridge
• Tumuli on West Harling Heath
• Rushford Bridge
• Melford Bridge
• Lady's Well (holy well and moat)
• Site of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open space
• Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
• Blackfriars
• Site of Saxon town: Bury Road allotments