Saxtead is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Saxtead

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

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

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

The area around Saxtead's best historic buildings can be found at Ickworth.

Places near Saxtead feature a number of interesting villages including Elveden.

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

Saxtead History

There are some historic monuments around Saxtead:

• Moated site at Bentries Farm
• Moat Farm moated site
• Moated site at Fenton's Farm
• Moated site at Hoo Green, 290m north west of Godwin's Place
• Moated site at Letheringham Lodge
• Letheringham Priory and remains of 17th century walled garden
• Moat Farm moated site and associated pond
• Moated site 135m north of St Andrew's Church
• Moated site S of Basting's Hall
• Earl Soham Lodge moated site and fishponds
• Moated site at Dennington Hall
• Moated site at Letheringham Hall
• Motte castle known as The Mount, 440m south west of St Mary's Church
• Moated site 200m west of Otley Hall
• The Lays fishponds, 265m south east of Dennington Hall
• Saxtead Green windmill
• Moated site at Redhouse Farm
• Moated site at Grange Farm
• Moated site and formal garden remains at Moat Hall
• Moated site at Elm Hall
• Two moated sites and associated ponds at Linstead Hall
• Denham College moated site
• Framlingham Castle and its associated landscape including the mere, town ditch and Anglo-Saxon cemetery
• Moated site 1/2 mile (800m) SW of Moat Farm
• Moated site with internal pond at Glebe Farm
• Godwin's Place moated site and ponds
• Moated site and ponds at Dennington Place
• Moated site at Folly Farm