English Heritage sites near Weston Longville Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
8 miles from Weston Longville 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
9 miles from Weston Longville 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
14 miles from Weston Longville 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
16 miles from Weston Longville 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
17 miles from Weston Longville Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
18 miles from Weston Longville Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
Churches in Weston Longville Parish
Weston Longville All Saints:A Parson Woodforde Church
Church Road
Weston Longville
Norwich
01603 871263
https://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.uk/
Welcome to All Saints, the medieval church which was once home to Parson Woodforde (author of The Diary of a Country Parson).
Our service times are complex, as we are part of a large benefice; please visit our church website for up-to-date information.
Pubs in Weston Longville Parish
Parson Woodforde
Church Street, Weston Longville, NR9 5JU
(01603) 881675
theparsonwoodforde.com