English Heritage sites near Colney Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
4 miles from Colney 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
14 miles from Colney 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.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
18 miles from Colney 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.
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
18 miles from Colney Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
19 miles from Colney 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.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
19 miles from Colney Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
Churches in Colney Parish
Colney: St Andrew
Old Watton Road
Colney
Norwich
(01603) 458467
Colney church is home to a small and welcoming community. It is situated near to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, the Norwich BUPA Hospital and the University of East Anglia. Colney itself is a small village with historic links with the Barclay family. The church membership is drawn from the parish and surrounding districts, and we value our links with our sister parish of Cringleford.
No churches found in Colney Parish