English Heritage sites near Wenham Magna Parish
MISTLEY TOWERS
5 miles from Wenham Magna Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
7 miles from Wenham Magna Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
10 miles from Wenham Magna Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
10 miles from Wenham Magna Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
10 miles from Wenham Magna Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
LANDGUARD FORT
14 miles from Wenham Magna Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
Churches in Wenham Magna Parish
Great Wenham, St John
Pubs in Wenham Magna Parish
Queen's Head
The Row, Great Wenham, CO7 6PU
(01473) 310590
wenhamqueen.co.uk/