English Heritage sites near Melton Constable Parish
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
6 miles from Melton Constable 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.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
6 miles from Melton Constable Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
BINHAM PRIORY
6 miles from Melton Constable Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
7 miles from Melton Constable 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.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
8 miles from Melton Constable Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
CREAKE ABBEY
13 miles from Melton Constable Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
Churches in Melton Constable Parish
Burgh Parva: St Mary
The Church of St Mary Burgh Parva, was erected as a temporary corrugated iron church in 1903, to provide a church for the new railway village of Melton Constable. Over 100 years later this "Temporary" church is still in use and much loved. The village of Melton Constable was build for workers on the M&GN Railway which was closed in the 1960's, and retains much of its Victorian Character.
The parish is part of the United Benefice of Briston, Burgh Parva, Hindolveston and Melton Constable. We have a mixture of services and would love you to join us. If you don't see a service at Briston please look at service times for our other churches by clicking on the More Information Button.
Melton Constable: St Peter
The church St Peter Melton Constable, is the parish Church for Melton Constable Park and was build in 1092 as the estate church for the the Barrons Hastings - it now serves the residents of Melton Constable Park and the farms surrounding it.
The parish is also part of the United Benefice of Briston, Burgh Parva, Hindolveston and Melton Constable. We have a mixture of services and would love you to join us. If you don't see a service at Melton Constable please look at service times for our other churches by clicking on the More Information Button.
Pubs in Melton Constable Parish
Hastings Arms
Large two-roomed spartan ex-railway hotel. Pool and darts.