English Heritage sites near Aylmerton Parish

Baconsthorpe Castle

BACONSTHORPE CASTLE

4 miles from Aylmerton 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

10 miles from Aylmerton 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

12 miles from Aylmerton 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 Aylmerton 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

16 miles from Aylmerton 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 Aylmerton 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 Aylmerton Parish

St John the Baptist's Church Aylmerton

Church Road Aylmerton Norwich
01263 837647
http://www.quintetbenefice.com

A beautiful and simple church located in lovely countryside near the coast, with a well-tended churchyard.  A service every Sunday.


Pubs in Aylmerton Parish

Roman Camp Inn

Holt Road, Aylmerton, NR11 8QD
(01263) 838291
romancampinn.co.uk

Inn with room near the well-known Roman Camp at Sheringham