English Heritage sites near Mattishall Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
7 miles from Mattishall 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.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
12 miles from Mattishall 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.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
15 miles from Mattishall 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
15 miles from Mattishall Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
17 miles from Mattishall 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.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
18 miles from Mattishall Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
Churches in Mattishall Parish
Mattishall Burgh: St Peter
Church Lane
Mattishall
Norwich
(01362) 858873
http://mattishall.matvchurch.uk
St. Peter's is a very old church. Due to it being on the edge of the village of Mattishall and its nearness to All Saints Mattishall, which is in the centre of the village, St. Peter's has now been closed. Please contact the Mattishall All Saints Church Office for further information.
Please note that the graveyard at St. Peter's is still open.
Mattishall: All Saints
Church Plain
Mattishall
Dereham
01362 858873
http://mattishall.matvchurch.uk
For more details about Mattishall, All Saints and other churches in our benefice, please visit our website at www.matvchurch.uk.
Pubs in Mattishall Parish
Cafe Verde
South Green Park, Mattishall, NR20 3JY
(01362) 857157
southgreenpark.co.uk
Swan
3 Dereham Road, Mattishall, NR20 3QB
(01362) 858910
theswanmattishall.godaddysites.com