English Heritage sites near Fordham Parish
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
3 miles from Fordham 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 Fordham Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM
8 miles from Fordham Parish
Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.
WEETING CASTLE
15 miles from Fordham Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
15 miles from Fordham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
16 miles from Fordham 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.
Churches in Fordham Parish
St Peter & St Mary Magdalene Fordham
Pubs in Fordham Parish
Chequers
58-62 Carter Street, Fordham, CB7 5JT
(01638) 720808
chequersfordham.co.uk/
Crown
Fordham Royal British Legion Club
White Pheasant
21 Market Street, Fordham, CB7 5LQ
(01638) 720414
whitepheasant.com/