English Heritage sites near Fransham Parish

Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate

CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE

5 miles from Fransham 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

CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY

6 miles from Fransham Parish

This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.

North Elmham Chapel

NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL

8 miles from Fransham 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.

Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine

GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE

15 miles from Fransham Parish

Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.

Weeting Castle

WEETING CASTLE

17 miles from Fransham Parish

The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.

Castle Rising Castle

CASTLE RISING CASTLE

17 miles from Fransham Parish

One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.


Churches in Fransham Parish

Great Fransham: All Saints
Little Fransham: St Mary

Pubs in Fransham Parish

Canary & Linnet

Main Road, Little Fransham, NR19 2JW
(01362) 687027

Family run pub located directly on the A47 between Dereham and Swaffham. The name uses the nicknames of the Norwich City and Kings Lynn football teams, as the pub is almost exactly half way between the two.