English Heritage sites near Great Melton Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
7 miles from Great Melton 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
13 miles from Great Melton 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.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
19 miles from Great Melton 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.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
20 miles from Great Melton 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.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
20 miles from Great Melton Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
20 miles from Great Melton 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.
Churches in Great Melton Parish
Great Melton Church: All Saints
Market Lane
Melton Great
Norwich
+441603946656
Great Melton Church is located in rural South Norfolk. It was originally founded in the 15th century and has an abundance of history. 500 years on, we are in the process of developing our rural church so we are able to meet the needs of the community. Come and join us in our mission to equip our Church so that it can be a place to gather, share and learn
Swainsthorpe: St Peter
No churches found in Great Melton Parish