English Heritage sites near The Saxhams Parish

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

4 miles from The Saxhams Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE

6 miles from The Saxhams Parish

A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.

Isleham Priory Church

ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH

11 miles from The Saxhams Parish

Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.

Thetford, Church of the Holy Sepulchre

THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

13 miles from The Saxhams 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 Warren Lodge

THETFORD WARREN LODGE

13 miles from The Saxhams 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.

Thetford Priory

THETFORD PRIORY

13 miles from The Saxhams 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.


Churches in The Saxhams Parish

St Andrew

Great Saxham Bury St Edmunds
01284 850678

St Andrew's Church is located close to Saxham Hall. Parts of the church date back to Norman times. 

There are special activities for children at Christmas and Easter. Notable features of the church are the east and west windows which contain 17th century stained glass from Switzerland.


No churches found in The Saxhams Parish