English Heritage sites near Gresham Parish

Baconsthorpe Castle

BACONSTHORPE CASTLE

3 miles from Gresham 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.

Blakeney Guildhall

BLAKENEY GUILDHALL

9 miles from Gresham 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.

Binham Market Cross

BINHAM MARKET CROSS

11 miles from Gresham 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

12 miles from Gresham Parish

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

North Elmham Chapel

NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL

15 miles from Gresham 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

19 miles from Gresham 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.


Churches in Gresham Parish

All Saints Gresham

Church Lane Gresham Norwich
01263 837761
http://www.quintetbenefice.com

A deeply rural round-tower church surrounded by trees in its churchyard.  Simple and quintessential old England.


Pubs in Gresham Parish

Chequers

? Chequers Road, Gresham, NR11 8RQ

Small, very quiet locals pub. Cosy, warm and friendly.