English Heritage sites near Outwell Parish
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
16 miles from Outwell Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
WEETING CASTLE
19 miles from Outwell Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
20 miles from Outwell Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
20 miles from Outwell Parish
Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
20 miles from Outwell 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
20 miles from Outwell Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
Churches in Outwell Parish
Outwell: St Clement
Church Terrace
Outwell
Wisbech
01945 772171
St Clement's Church, Outwell is located on the banks of the Welle Creek at the centre of this Fenland village. It has many important historic features, including 12 unique carvings in the roof of the nave, which have excited historians since the publication of their 2005 "rediscovery" in 2012.
The church is also on the Angel Trail of Norfolk churches with significant angel carvings.
Weekly services are held at St Clement's at 11am, with its sister church of St Peter's, Upwell holding its service at 9:30am each week.
There is also a thriving Coffee Shop offering varied refreshments and light lunches every Tuesday from 10am until 3pm, which has become a popular meeting place for both local people and visitors alike, while bringing in vital church funds.
Renovation work part-funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant is currently underway to ensure this magnificent building at the heart of a bustling village on the edge of Norfolk can be seen at its best.
Pubs in Outwell Parish
Crown Lodge Hotel
Downham Road, Outwell, PE14 8SE
(01945) 773391
thecrownlodgehotel.co.uk
Red Lion Inn
Red Lion Inn, Outwell