English Heritage sites near Alderford Parish
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
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
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
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
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
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