English Heritage sites near Burston and Shimpling Parish
SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL
14 miles from Burston and Shimpling Parish
Saxtead Green Post Mill is a corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base and was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century.
FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE
15 miles from Burston and Shimpling Parish
Framlingham Castle is a magnificent 12th century fortress with a long and colourful past which makes a fascinating family day out in Suffolk.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
17 miles from Burston and Shimpling 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.
THETFORD PRIORY
17 miles from Burston and Shimpling 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, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
17 miles from Burston and Shimpling 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
19 miles from Burston and Shimpling 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.
Churches in Burston and Shimpling Parish
Burston: St Mary
Pubs in Burston and Shimpling Parish
Crown Inn
Mill Road, Burston, IP22 5TW
(01379) 741257
burstoncrown.com