English Heritage sites near Sporle with Palgrave Parish
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
3 miles from Sporle with Palgrave Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
3 miles from Sporle with Palgrave Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
11 miles from Sporle with Palgrave 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.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
13 miles from Sporle with Palgrave Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
14 miles from Sporle with Palgrave Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
WEETING CASTLE
14 miles from Sporle with Palgrave Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
Churches in Sporle with Palgrave Parish
Sporle: St Mary
The Street
Sporle
King's Lynn
01760 622241
http://www.swaffhamparishchurch.org/
St Mary's has a Saxon foundation with medieval remnants, but was very heavily refurbished during the Victorian period. It contains one of the largest medieval wall paintings in the country, telling the story of St Catherine of Alexandria. There are also monuments to Horatio Nelson's uncle and grandfather. Eton College is the Lay Rector, and has recently funded the complete refurbishment of the chancel.
Since reopening, after roof repairs, on Easter Sunday 2017, there is a regular Eucharist on the 1st 2nd and 4th Sundays of the calendar month at 11:30a.m. On the 3rd Sunday of the calendar month there is a united benefice service at Swaffham Parish Church. On 5th Sundays, there is usually a joint service with the Sporle Methodist Church, either at St Mary's or in the Methodist Church, as advertised.
Pubs in Sporle with Palgrave Parish
King Charles III
Re-opened in January 2023 as the King Charles III. It is thought to be the first pub in England to have been given that name. A traditional dog friendly village local with lots of events such as music and quiz nights. It is close to the Ped...