English Heritage sites near Garboldisham Parish
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
9 miles from Garboldisham Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD PRIORY
9 miles from Garboldisham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
10 miles from Garboldisham 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.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
13 miles from Garboldisham Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
14 miles from Garboldisham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
WEETING CASTLE
15 miles from Garboldisham Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
Churches in Garboldisham Parish
Garboldisham: St John the Baptist
Church Road
Garboldisham
Diss
01953 681485
http://www.harlingguiltcrossbenefice.org.uk
Part of the Harling and Guiltcross Group of parishes, together with St Andrew at Blo Norton; St Andrew at Brettenham; St Mary at Bridgham; St Peter and St Paul at East Harling; St Ethelbert at Larling; St Peter at Riddlesworth and St Ethelbert at Wretham.
St. John's is open daily for prayer and meditation.
Pubs in Garboldisham Parish
Fox Inn
The Street, Garboldisham, IP22 2RZ
(01953) 688538
garboldishamfox.co.uk/