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.

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

Lopham Fen is one of Polstead's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Polstead.

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

The area close to Polstead boasts some of the best villages including Elveden.

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

Polstead History

There are some historic monuments around Polstead:

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