English Heritage sites near Beeston St. Andrew Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
3 miles from Beeston St. Andrew 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.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
14 miles from Beeston St. Andrew 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
15 miles from Beeston St. Andrew 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.
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
15 miles from Beeston St. Andrew Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
16 miles from Beeston St. Andrew Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
17 miles from Beeston St. Andrew 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.
No churches found in Beeston St. Andrew Parish
No churches found in Beeston St. Andrew Parish