English Heritage sites near Alderford Parish

North Elmham Chapel

NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL

8 miles from Alderford 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

COW TOWER, NORWICH

10 miles from Alderford 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

BACONSTHORPE CASTLE

12 miles from Alderford 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

BINHAM MARKET CROSS

15 miles from Alderford 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

BINHAM PRIORY

16 miles from Alderford Parish

Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.

Blakeney Guildhall

BLAKENEY GUILDHALL

17 miles from Alderford 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.


Churches in Alderford Parish

Alderford St John the Baptist

Hall Road Alderford Norwich
01603 879275
http://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.uk

Welcome to St John the Baptist, one of the smallest churches in The Wensum Group and part of the proposed Reepham and Wensum Valley Ministry Team.

During the winter months this church is not used you can visit by contacting the churchwarden Mike who lives opposite the church at no. 2

Our service times are complex, as we are part of a large benefice; please visit our church website for up-to-date information.


No churches found in Alderford Parish