English Heritage sites near Great Witchingham Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
7 miles from Great Witchingham Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
11 miles from Great Witchingham Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
12 miles from Great Witchingham Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
14 miles from Great Witchingham Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
BINHAM PRIORY
15 miles from Great Witchingham Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
16 miles from Great Witchingham Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
No churches found in Great Witchingham Parish
Pubs in Great Witchingham Parish
Bridge
Queen of Hearts
55 Fakenham Road, Lenwade, NR9 5AE
(01603) 871020
queenofheartslenwade.co.uk/
White Pheasant
Lenwade House Drive, Lenwade, NR9 5QP
(01603) 863557
thewhitepheasantnorfolk.co.uk/