English Heritage sites near Worlington Parish
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
3 miles from Worlington 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.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
6 miles from Worlington Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
WEETING CASTLE
11 miles from Worlington Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
11 miles from Worlington 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.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
12 miles from Worlington Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM
12 miles from Worlington Parish
Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.
Churches in Worlington Parish
Worlington, All Saints
Church Lane
Worlington
Bury St. Edmunds
01638 718801
http://www.larkandlee.co.uk/worlington
All Saints' Worlington is a Grade I listed medieval gem. As well as worship on Sundays we regularly open the church for cream teas and fairs. Care for the environment is very important to us, and part of our churchyard is dedicated to wildlife conservation and a wildflower patch; we also house 40 swift nesting boxes in our church tower.
Pubs in Worlington Parish
Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club
Golf Links road, Worlington, IP28 8SD
(01638) 712216
royalworlington.co.uk/
Walnut Tree
The St, Worlington, IP28 8RU
(01638) 713345
walnuttreeworlington.co.uk/
Worlington Hall
A family run hotel located in a former Grade II listed manor house (built about 1570) set in five acres of gardens leading down to the river Lark. The hotel (with 8 en-suite rooms) had a Queen Anne facade added in the early 18th century & t...