[1]Burgh Castle was likely the site of a Neolithic settlement due to an abundance of flint and bronze axe-heads being discovered in the area.

[2][3] Burgh Castle is the location of a Roman fortification called Gariannonum which dates to the third century; the fort was part of system of coastal defence, the Saxon Shore, against Anglo-Saxon incursions on the East Anglian coast.

'[5] It has been suggested by the Elizabethan historian William Camden, that Burgh Castle is the site of Cnobheresburg, the first Irish monastery in southern England founded by Saint Fursey in the seventh century as part of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.

[dubious – discuss] Other listed buildings in Burgh Castle include Church Farmhouse (c.1788),[9] the Old Rectory (c.1832)[10] and the Grange (Seventeenth Century).

Amenities within the village include two pubs (The Queen's Head[13] and The Fisherman's Inn[14]) as well as the Burgh Hall Bar & Restaurant[15] and Golden Fish (a Chinese Takeaway).