English Heritage sites near West Dereham Parish
WEETING CASTLE
11 miles from West Dereham Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
12 miles from West Dereham Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
13 miles from West Dereham Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
13 miles from West Dereham 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 RISING CASTLE
14 miles from West Dereham Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
16 miles from West Dereham Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
Churches in West Dereham Parish
St Andrew's West Dereham
Saint Andrews Walk
West Dereham
Kings Lynn
(01366) 501179
St Andrews West Dereham is a member of a new group of churches including Wereham, Wretton wtih Stoke Ferry, Whittington, Methwold, Boughton, Barton Bendish and Beachamwell. We are know as The Wissey Valley Benefice
St Andrews is a church with a growing congregation and has a Sunday service each week. It is a rural parish in a village of 360 people. The church is sited on a hill with views over the fens to Ely in the south.
St Andrews is a grade one listed round towered church. Considered by English Heritage to be one of the finest medieval churches in England. It has a nave and chancel largely unchanged since the perpendicular windows were fitted in the 15th century. Its round ironstone conglomerate tower is one of the stoutest in England and has a newly conserved Tudor brick octagonal top.
The chancel has some fine marble memorials and a magnificent statue of Sir Richard Soames carved by Singleton. The nave and chancel roof was replaced in 1902 after the old roof collapsed. The Porch has a fine brick gable and with the North Nave windows was restored in 2011
St Andrews has a light airy feel and is truly a place suitable for the glory of God.
No churches found in West Dereham Parish