English Heritage sites near Caston Parish

Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine

GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE

10 miles from Caston Parish

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

Thetford Priory

THETFORD PRIORY

11 miles from Caston 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

THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

11 miles from Caston 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

11 miles from Caston 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.

Weeting Castle

WEETING CASTLE

12 miles from Caston Parish

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

Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate

CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE

14 miles from Caston 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.


Churches in Caston Parish

Caston: St Cross

High Street Caston Attleborough

A fine old Norfolk church.

Pubs in Caston Parish

Red Lion

The Green, Caston, NR17 1DB
(01953) 483858
castonredlion.uk

A sympathetically modernised friendly village pub with two beamed bars, plus restaurant area and outside seating area.