English Heritage sites near Heydon Parish
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
6 miles from Heydon 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
9 miles from Heydon 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.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
11 miles from Heydon 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
11 miles from Heydon Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
11 miles from Heydon 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.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
14 miles from Heydon 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 Heydon Parish
Heydon: St Peter & St Paul
The Street
Heydon
Norwich
07801 290649
Lovely old church in a very pretty, quiet, manorial village, with only a single road in and out.
The church is well worth a detour. Come and see our beautiful medieval wall paintings, our 15thc rood screen, our 500 yr old font and west door, the amazing perpendicular arch. The medieval stained glass in the window on the south side of the chancel and the magnificent, and recently restored and cleaned , east window.
Pubs in Heydon Parish
Earle Arms
The Street, Heydon, NR11 6AD
(01263) 587376
theearlearms.com