English Heritage sites near Hickling Parish
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
9 miles from Hickling Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
12 miles from Hickling Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
12 miles from Hickling Parish
Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
12 miles from Hickling Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
14 miles from Hickling Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
15 miles from Hickling Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
Churches in Hickling Parish
Hickling: St Mary
The church of St. Mary was built in the 13th century by the canons of Hickling Priory, founded by the Valoins family in 1185. St. Mary's is said to be a gem of a historic building, in a beautiful setting. The striking west tower is perhaps the best feature of the church. It stands 90 feet high, with diagonal corner buttresses rising over 3 stages high towards an embattled top.
Pubs in Hickling Parish
Greyhound Inn
The Green, Hickling, NR12 0YA
(01692) 598306
greyhoundinn.com
Pleasure Boat Inn
Staithe Road, Hickling, NR12 0YW
(01692) 598870
thepleasureboat.com