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.

The area close to Polstead boasts some of the best fens including Lopham Fen.

Places near Polstead feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Lopham Fen.

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

The area around Polstead's best villages can be found at Elveden.

Elveden Monument is one of Polstead's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Polstead.

Polstead History

There are some historic monuments around Polstead:

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