English Heritage sites near Shouldham Thorpe Parish
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
10 miles from Shouldham Thorpe Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
11 miles from Shouldham Thorpe 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
11 miles from Shouldham Thorpe 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.
WEETING CASTLE
14 miles from Shouldham Thorpe Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
15 miles from Shouldham Thorpe Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
19 miles from Shouldham Thorpe 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 Shouldham Thorpe Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Church Lane
Shouldham Thorpe
Kings Lynn
07596 707469
https://www.westnorfolkpriorygroup.co.uk/
St Mary's Church is early medieval in origin and has a fine Norman arch around the west door. It is Grade II* listed.
Shouldham Thorpe is a small conservation village with about 150 inhabitants, and the church is in the centre of the village in a lovely setting with many trees in the churchyard, which is open for burials. The grounds are very pretty in spring time, with primroses and other spring flowers in bloom around ancient gravestones, although the flowers tend not to last long because of the resident population of wild rabbits.
St Mary's has a simple, very calm interior, and has some light fittings which are candle-lit, which provide a wonderful atmosphere at the Christmas Carol Service.
Pubs in Shouldham Thorpe Parish
Jolly Brewers
New tenants, early 2016. Tastefully refurbished pub with recent make-over. Enter from the car park to the spacious combined public and lounge areas served from a horseshoe shaped bar and a separate dining room. Traditional pub food. Music e...