English Heritage sites near Fornham St. Martin Parish
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
2 miles from Fornham St. Martin Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
10 miles from Fornham St. Martin Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
10 miles from Fornham St. Martin Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD PRIORY
10 miles from Fornham St. Martin Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
11 miles from Fornham St. Martin 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.
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
14 miles from Fornham St. Martin 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.
Churches in Fornham St. Martin Parish
Fornham St Martin
The Street
Fornham St Martin
Bury St. Edmunds
01284 700400
http://www.northburychurches.org.uk
We seek to be
Welcoming churches: Where all God's children can find a home.
Family churches: Where we are committed to making everyone, regardless of age, race, gender or sexual orientation, feel welcome.
Praying churches: Where individual and corporate prayer is a priority.
Churches of preaching and teaching: Where Word and Sacrament brings us to a closer relationship with God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Churches of praise and worship: Where we bring all people into the presence of God (using contemporary and traditional styles).
Churches of compassion concern and care: Where we seek to minister to, and care for, the needs of those in our church and community.
Witnessing churches: Where our life and actions reflect the new life we have found in Jesus.
For further information please go to the North Bury and Lark Valley Churches website at: www.northburychurches.org.uk
POSTCODE FOR FORNHAM ST MARTIN CHURCH: IP31 1SW
Pubs in Fornham St. Martin Parish
Woolpack
The St (A134), Fornham St Martin, IP31 1SW
(01284) 753380
thewoolpackfornham.co.uk/