English Heritage sites near Hainford Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
6 miles from Hainford 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.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
14 miles from Hainford 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
15 miles from Hainford 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.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
17 miles from Hainford Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
18 miles from Hainford Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
18 miles from Hainford Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
Churches in Hainford Parish
Hainford: All Saints
Newton road
Hainford
Norwich
01603 890442
https://coltishallgroupofparishes.wordpress.com/
Pubs in Hainford Parish
Chequers
10 Stratton Road, Hainford, NR10 3AY
(01603) 559599
thechequershainford.co.uk