Polstead is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Polstead

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

Fens to visit near Polstead include Lopham Fen.

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Polstead include Ickworth.

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

Polstead is near some unmissable historic monuments like Elveden Monument,

Polstead History

There are some historic monuments around Polstead:

• Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church
• Wissington ring ditch cluster
• St James' Chapel
• Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill
• Moated site at Naughton Hall
• Toppesfield Bridge
• Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
• Site discovered by aerial photography S of King's Wood
• Earthwork in Brinkley Grove
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• Lindsey Castle
• Manorial bank adjacent to Lindsey Chapel
• Mound of Milden Castle
• Earthwork called Court Knoll
• Pitches Mount
• Crop mark site S of Ardleigh
• Kersey Priory
• Henge 70m north east of Cross Cottages
• Moated site at The Old Rectory, 150m north east of Malting Farm
• Cast iron road bridge SE of Bridge Farm
• Bridge N of Bridge Farm