English Heritage sites near Old Catton Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
2 miles from Old Catton 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
15 miles from Old Catton 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
16 miles from Old Catton 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
16 miles from Old Catton 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.
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
16 miles from Old Catton Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
17 miles from Old Catton 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.
Churches in Old Catton Parish
St Margaret’s, Old Catton
Church Street
Old Catton
Norwich
01603 442239
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2823/
"Welcome to the St Margaret's, Old Catton Website.
The building in which we worship has been here for centuries.
But day by day, Sunday by Sunday, we try to work out the implications for us today of Jesus' birth, death and resurrection.
Whether you are looking for peace and quiet, hymn singing, or just want to say prayers to God about something which is bothering you, you will be very welcome.
Pubs in Old Catton Parish
Maids Head
85 Spixworth Road, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7NH
(01603) 940378
themaidshead.co.uk/
Woodman
11 North Walsham Road, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7QA
(01603) 426655