English Heritage sites near North Pickenham Parish
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
6 miles from North Pickenham Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
6 miles from North Pickenham 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.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
10 miles from North Pickenham Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
WEETING CASTLE
12 miles from North Pickenham Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
13 miles from North Pickenham 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.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
14 miles from North Pickenham Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
Churches in North Pickenham Parish
North Pickenham: St Andrew
off Hillside
Pickenham North
Swaffham
01760 722021
At St Andrew’s North Pickenham we seek to worship God in a way that’s relevant to our everyday lives …. sharing each other’s joys and sorrows …. being a people who care about human need at home and abroad.
As a village church we have an open door for everyone …. especially to those ‘going to church’ for the first time.
We have a variety of services from the more traditional communion service to lively and modern family centred services. If you have not been to church for some time – then come to our monthly Discoverer’s Service and you’ll be surprised how informal we are!
We also have an active social programme which includes sharing meals together and enjoying the countryside with our rambling group. A needlework group meets weekly and also new books are explored through our book club. The church is host to the village coffee morning on a Monday.
There are two Home Groups meeting fortnightly in the village, one on a Wednesday morning and one on a Tuesday evening for bible study, prayer and fellowship. Prayer meetings are held on Mondays at mid-day and also on the first Sunday each month which is followed by a ‘bring your own breakfast’ which precedes our morning service.
St Andrew’s church exists to worship God and to share the good news of Jesus as God’s Son and the World’s Saviour.
Do join us on our journey.
Pubs in North Pickenham Parish
Blue Lion
54 Houghton Lane, North Pickenham, PE37 8LF
(01760) 622527
bluelionpub.com