The Friends of West Stow Anglo-Saxon settlement support one of England’s great archaeological sites. West Stow has extensive indoor galleries and a stunning recreation of an Anglo-Saxon village surrounded by 125 acres of unspoilt countryside.
Image: The West Stow logo
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Country Park
In 1976 the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Trust was formally established to manage the site, at that stage there were three reconstructed houses within the village. The Trust was registered as a charity by the Charity Commissioners in 1977 (Charity no. 272897).
West Suffolk Council’s Heritage Team currently manages the day-to-day running of the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village in partnership with the Trust.
Image: Aerial view of the Anglo-Saxon Village in 2018
The West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Today there are 6 experimentally reconstructed buildings and some other structures on the site where it was excavated.
These reconstructions represent a group of houses and a Hall. There would have been at least two such groups on the hill at any one time in the early Anglo-Saxon period.
The Oldest building, built in 1973 by the West Stow Environmental Archaeology Group, was finally dismantled in 2024, having stood up for over 50 years.