Historic BuildingsFakenham

A fine 12th‐century domestic keep, set amid huge defensive earthworks and once the palace and home to Isabella, the 'She Wolf' of France, dowager Queen of England. The keep walls stand to their original height. There is access to castle bridge and grounds via impacted gravel paths…
Distance: 11.1 miles away

Castle Acre Priory was inspired by the monastery at Cluny in France and was home to a community of monks until 1537, when Henry VIII disbanded all monastic houses. The village stands on the Pilgrim routes to Thetford, Bromholm Priory and Walsingham. The priory's ruins span…
Distance: 11.1 miles away

The Creakes stand out in gentle north‐west Norfolk because their two parish churches are so huge; this in a part of the county where there are so many sleepy little near‐ruins set on their own among the high‐hedged narrow lanes. Externally, the two churches are grand; but…
Distance: 7.1 miles away

Houghton has a very special, unspoilt atmosphere with its herd of white deer in the park, and peacocks strutting on the west front. The house itself has changed little since the 18th‐century, and it is easy to imagine Sir Robert Walpole entertaining his guests after a hard…
Distance: 8 miles away