Creake Abbey

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Creake Abbey is a ruined abbey in Norfolk, England, situated alongside the River Burn and a mile to the north of the village of North Creake. The abbey church was dedicated to Saint Mary. The ruins are Grade I listed, and form part of a Scheduled Monument site. ()

Coordinates: 52°55'14"N, 0°45'34"E

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Creake Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Holkham Hall, Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham.

5.7 miNW
Golf
Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest
147 min walk • Royal West Norfolk Golf Club is a golf club in Brancaster, Norfolk, England, about 7 miles east of Hunstanton, between Brancaster Bay and the salt marshes. The links course opened in 1892. Simon Rayner is a professional at the club.
2.9 miNE
Palladian country house attraction
Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea
74 min walk • Holkham Hall is an 18th-century country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian style for the 1st Earl of Leicester, by the architect William Kent, aided by Lord Burlington.
5.2 miE
Temple, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
132 min walk • The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is a Church of England shrine church built in 1938 in Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Walsingham is the site of the reputed Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches in 1061. The Virgin Mary is therefore venerated at the site with the title of Our Lady of Walsingham.
4.8 miSE
Church
Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham
122 min walk • The Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, informally known as the Slipper Chapel or the Chapel of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, is a Roman Catholic basilica in Houghton Saint Giles, Norfolk, England.
2.9 miN
Windmill
Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill, Norfolk Coast AONB
74 min walk • Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill is a Grade II* listed building tower mill at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, England which has been converted to holiday accommodation.
4.8 miNW
Area
Scolt Head Island, North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest
123 min walk • Scolt Head Island is an offshore barrier island between Brancaster and Wells-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk. It is in the parish of Burnham Norton and is accessed by a seasonal ferry from the village of Overy Staithe.
5.1 miSE
Manor house
East Barsham Manor
131 min walk • East Barsham Manor is an important work of Tudor architecture, a leading and early example of a prodigy house, originally built in the 1520s.
5.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Branodunum
137 min walk • Branodunum was an ancient Roman fort to the east of the modern English village of Brancaster in Norfolk. Its Roman name derives from the local Celtic language, and may mean "fort of the raven".
2.9 miN
Windmill
Union Mills
74 min walk • Union Mills or Roy's Mills are a Grade II listed combined tower mill and watermill at Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
2.2 miN
Monastery
Peterstone Priory, Norfolk Coast AONB
57 min walk • Peterstone Priory a house of Augustinian Canons, was a priory in Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England. It was founded before 1200 and incorporated 1449.
5.8 miNW
Locality
Brancaster
148 min walk • Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale.