English Heritage sites near Upton with Fishley Parish

Berney Arms Windmill

BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL

6 miles from Upton with Fishley 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

BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT

7 miles from Upton with Fishley 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

CAISTER ROMAN FORT

8 miles from Upton with Fishley Parish

The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.

Great Yarmouth Row Houses and Greyfriars' Cloisters

GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS

9 miles from Upton with Fishley Parish

Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.

St Olave's Priory

ST OLAVE'S PRIORY

9 miles from Upton with Fishley Parish

The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.

Cow Tower, Norwich

COW TOWER, NORWICH

10 miles from Upton with Fishley 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.


Churches in Upton with Fishley Parish

Fishley: St Mary

Off South Walsham Road Fishley Norwich
http://www.stmarys-fishley.com

Welcome to the pretty saxon church of St Mary at Fishley, Norfolk,   Our Church is set amidst rolling farmland just north of the village of Acle, and is known by many people as a little gem hidden in the Norfolk countryside, overlooking the Acle marshes, with glorious views across the river Bure and beyond. Althought close to Acle only a small road leads to this lovely little church. We are an Open Church on Friday and Sunday, you are most welcome.

Upton: St Margaret

Church Road South Walsham & Upton Norwich
http://www.broadsideparishes.org.uk

For images of St. Margaret's Church, the Broadsider magazine and news and events in the Parish Blog, please go to our website www.broadsideparishes.org.uk

St. Margaret's is usually open daily from around 9.30am-5pm (dusk in winter).

This majestic church was built between 1380 and 1450 in the perpendicular style of architecture. The church stands on an earlier Norman church founded by Ranulph de Glanville in 1171, a year after Thomas Beckett’s murder. The ancient font, one of the most beautiful in Norfolk, dates from the late 14th century.


Pubs in Upton with Fishley Parish

White Horse

17 Chapel Road, Upton, NR13 6BT
(01493) 750696
whitehorseupton.com

Traditional Broadland pub dating from 1798, which was renovated in 2012, and is owned by the community, with local residents and others owning shares. A community shop has recently been added in a converted stables. Four beers are served,...