English Heritage sites near Wighton Parish
BINHAM PRIORY
3 miles from Wighton Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
3 miles from Wighton Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
CREAKE ABBEY
4 miles from Wighton Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
7 miles from Wighton 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
12 miles from Wighton 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.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
12 miles from Wighton 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.
Churches in Wighton Parish
Wighton: All Saints
Pubs in Wighton Parish
Carpenters Arms
55-57 High Street, Wighton, NR23 1PF
(01328) 807080
carpentersarmsnorfolk.co.uk