English Heritage sites near Wattisfield Parish

Thetford, Church of the Holy Sepulchre

THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

11 miles from Wattisfield Parish

The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.

Thetford Priory

THETFORD PRIORY

11 miles from Wattisfield Parish

The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

11 miles from Wattisfield Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

Thetford Warren Lodge

THETFORD WARREN LODGE

12 miles from Wattisfield Parish

Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.

Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine

GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE

16 miles from Wattisfield Parish

Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.

Saxtead Green Post Mill

SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL

16 miles from Wattisfield Parish

Saxtead Green Post Mill is a corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base and was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century.


Churches in Wattisfield Parish

Wattisfield, St Margaret

The Street Wattisfield Diss

Reverend Philip Merry

The Rectory The Causeway

Walsham le Willows

IP31 3AB

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Pubs in Wattisfield Parish

Suffolk Barn

Down a dirt-track off the A143, about 50m west of Calkewood Ln, Wattisfield, IP22 1ND

This former bar & restaurant housed in barns adjacent to the former <a href="https://suffolk.camra.org.uk/pub/2643" target="_blank">Black Swan</a> which closed in 1920s is now used as a B&B. Photographs of this pub and more up-to-date and d...