5 miles from Sparham 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.

12 miles from Sparham 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.

12 miles from Sparham 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.

14 miles from Sparham Parish

The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.

14 miles from Sparham Parish

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

16 miles from Sparham 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.