Baconsthorpe Castle, Holt

Name: Baconsthorpe Castle
Address: English Heritage, Holt, NR25 6LN, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 800 015 0516

#1 among attractions in Holt

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Baconsthorpe Castle, historically known as Baconsthorpe Hall, is a ruined, fortified manor house near the village of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England. It was established in the 15th century on the site of a former manor hall, probably by John Heydon I and his father, William. John was an ambitious lawyer with many enemies and built a tall, fortified house, but his descendants became wealthy sheep farmers, and being less worried about attack, developed the property into a more elegant, courtyard house, complete with a nearby deer park. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°53'57"N, 1°9'8"E

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English HeritageHolt NR25 6LN United Kingdom

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+44 800 015 0516

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

Nearby attractions include: Sheringham Golf Club, Felbrigg Hall, Beeston hills putting green, Muckleburgh Collection.

3.5 miNE
Golf
Sheringham Golf Club, Sheringham
90 min walk • Sheringham Golf Club is a golf club on the western outskirts of Sheringham, Norfolk, England. The 6546-yard links course was originally designed by Tom Dunn and opened in 1891. The Links Hotel lies a few miles east of the course.
4.5 miE
Historical place, Garden, Museum
Felbrigg Hall, North Norfolk
116 min walk • Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house near the village of that name in Norfolk. Part of a National Trust property, the unaltered 17th-century house is noted for its Jacobean architecture and fine Georgian interior. Outside is a walled garden, an orangery and orchards.
4.2 miNE
52°56'40"N • 1°13'8"E
Beeston hills putting green, Sheringham
107 min walk • Mini golf, Golf
3.3 miN
Museum, Military museum
Muckleburgh Collection, Holt
84 min walk • The Muckleburgh Collection is a military museum sited on a former military camp at Weybourne, on the North Norfolk coast, England. It was opened to the public in 1988 and is the largest privately owned military museum in the United Kingdom.
4.1 miNE
Specialty museum, Observation decks and towers, History museum
The Mo Sheringham Museum, Sheringham
104 min walk • Sheringham Museum at the Mo is a museum in the town of Sheringham, Norfolk, England. The current museum opened in April 2010 and rehoused the former collection originally held in converted fishermen's cottages behind the main street.
2.2 miNE
Park
Sheringham Park
58 min walk • Sheringham Park is a landscape park and gardens near the town of Sheringham, Norfolk, England. The park surrounds Sheringham Hall, lying mostly to its south. The hall is privately occupied, but Sheringham Park is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors.
3.7 miW
Historical place, Museum
Letheringsett Watermill, Holt
94 min walk • Letheringsett watermill is situated on the River Glaven in the village of Letheringsett within the English county of Norfolk. Letheringsett is in the district of North Norfolk and is 1.4 miles west of the town of Holt. The watermill is a Grade II* listed building and is the last fully operational watermill in Norfolk that produces flour.
3.9 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Sheringham Little Theatre, Sheringham
100 min walk • Sheringham Little Theatre is a theatre in Sheringham, Norfolk, England. It stages live theatre and music, and film screenings.
4.1 miNE
Monastery, Gothic architecture
Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Sheringham
104 min walk • The Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, also known as Beeston Priory is a former Augustinian Priory, located in the village of Beeston Regis, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
3.9 miSW
Church
St Lawrence Parish Church, Holt
99 min walk • St Lawrence Parish Church is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Hunworth in Norfolk, England. The church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence who was martyred in 258 AD.
4 miSE
Church
All Saints Church
102 min walk • All Saints' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Thurgarton, 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.