English Heritage sites near Bradenham Parish
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
8 miles from Bradenham 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
8 miles from Bradenham Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
8 miles from Bradenham 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.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
14 miles from Bradenham Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
WEETING CASTLE
16 miles from Bradenham Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
THETFORD PRIORY
17 miles from Bradenham 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.
Churches in Bradenham Parish
West Bradenham: St Andrew
Church Lane
Bradenham
Dereham
(01362) 820379
http://www.derehamanddistrictteam.org.uk
A medieval and later flint building overlooking
the village, with 14C tower porch, 13C chancel;
fine piscina, triple sedilia and aumbrey in the
chancel; 14C octagonal font; many windows
and other memorials to the Haggard family of
Bradenham Hall, of whom Sir Rider Haggard,
author, is most well known.
Pubs in Bradenham Parish
Lord Nelson
Currently wet sales only.
Buffets provided by prior arrangement.
Regular Monthly events include:
First Sunday - After The Rain - 3.30pm
Second Sunday - Charity Quiz - 7.30pm
Regular live music events as advertised in Bradenham Mardle,...