9 miles from Swannington 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.

9 miles from Swannington 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 Swannington 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.

16 miles from Swannington Parish

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

16 miles from Swannington Parish

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

17 miles from Swannington 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.