English Heritage sites near Horstead with Stanninghall Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
7 miles from Horstead with Stanninghall 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
15 miles from Horstead with Stanninghall 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.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
15 miles from Horstead with Stanninghall Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
16 miles from Horstead with Stanninghall Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
16 miles from Horstead with Stanninghall Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
17 miles from Horstead with Stanninghall 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.
Churches in Horstead with Stanninghall Parish
Horstead: All Saints
Rectory Road
Horstead
Norwich
07733 325905
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A variety of services - for young and old - are available throughout the month. Find out what is happening and where At the Coltishall Group Website
Pubs in Horstead with Stanninghall Parish
Recruiting Sergeant
Norwich Road, Horstead, NR12 7EE
(01603) 737077
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