English Heritage sites near West Beckham Parish
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
2 miles from West Beckham 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
7 miles from West Beckham 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
10 miles from West Beckham 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
10 miles from West Beckham Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
15 miles from West Beckham 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.
CREAKE ABBEY
18 miles from West Beckham Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
Churches in West Beckham Parish
West Beckham: St Helen & All Saints
West Beckham
Norwich
http://www.weybournegroup.co.uk
St Helen & All Saints
Pubs in West Beckham Parish
Wheatsheaf
Church Road, West Beckham, NR25 6NX
(01263) 822110
thewheatsheafwestbeckham.co.uk