Weeting Castle, Thetford Forest

Name: Weeting Castle
Address: Thetford Forest, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Thetford Forest

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block, with a separate kitchen positioned near the house. A moat was later dug around the site in the 13th century. The house was not fortified, although it drew on architectural features typically found in castles of the period, and instead formed a very large, high-status domestic dwelling. It was probably intended to resemble the hall at Castle Acre Castle, owned by Hugh's feudal lord, Hamelin de Warenne. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1180 (844 years ago)Coordinates: 52°28'16"N, 0°36'59"E

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Weeting Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grime's Graves, Charles Burrell Museum, Center Parcs UK and Ireland, Brandon Country Park.

2.4 miE
Archaeological site, Vernacular architecture
Grime's Graves, Thetford Forest
62 min walk • Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England. It lies 8 km north east from Brandon, Suffolk in the East of England. It was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BC, although production may have continued well into the Bronze and Iron Ages owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals.
6.7 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, Science museum
Charles Burrell Museum, Thetford
171 min walk • The Charles Burrell Museum is a museum in Thetford in Norfolk, England, dedicated to steam power and steam transport. The museum opened in 1991 in the former Paint Shop of Charles Burrell & Sons, which is grade II listed, on Minstergate in Thetford.
5.5 miS
Nature, Forest, Shopping
Center Parcs UK and Ireland
141 min walk • Center Parcs UK and Ireland is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres of woodland. The company's first village opened at Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, in 1987 and its sixth, at Longford Forest, Ireland, opened in 2019.
2.4 miS
Nature and wildlife, Park
Brandon Country Park, Thetford Forest
62 min walk • Brandon Country Park is a country park in Brandon, Suffolk, England.
6.5 miSE
Monastery
Thetford Priory, Thetford
166 min walk • Thetford Priory is a Cluniac monastic house in Thetford, Norfolk, England. It should not be confused with the Dominican Friary of Blackfriars, Thetford that later became part of Thetford Grammar School.
1.3 miW
Park
Weeting Heath, Thetford Forest
33 min walk • Weeting Heath is a 141.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Thetford in Norfolk, which is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a National Nature Reserve. It is also part of the Breckland Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area.
6.6 miSE
Ruins, Historical place, Church
Holy Sepulchre Priory, Thetford
168 min walk • Holy Sepulchre Church, Thetford was a medieval monastic house in Thetford, Norfolk. The ruined nave of this 14th-century church are the only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who followed the Rule of Saint Augustine and aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb.
4.2 miW
Church
St Nicholas Church, Feltwell
108 min walk • St Nicholas Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Feltwell, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.4 miW
Church
St Peter's Church
86 min walk • St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Hockwold cum Wilton in Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4.9 miW
National park
Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve
124 min walk • Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve is located on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in England, between Lakenheath and Hockwold cum Wilton adjacent to Lakenheath railway station. Until 1995, when purchased by the RSPB, the land now forming the reserve was heavily farmed arable land.
5.2 miNE
52°32'18"N • 0°40'17"E
High Ash, Thetford Forest
132 min walk • Park