Brandon Country Park, Thetford Forest
#3 among attractions in Thetford Forest
Facts and practical information
Brandon Country Park is a country park in Brandon, Suffolk, England. ()
Bury RoadThetford Forest IP27 0SU United Kingdom
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Brandon Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Black Horse, Grime's Graves, Charles Burrell Museum, Center Parcs UK and Ireland.
NightlifeBlack Horse, Thetford
144 min walk • The Black Horse is a grade II listed pub in Thetford, Norfolk, England. It dates from the Mid 18th century and is constructed of flint, clunch and brick, with a colour wash over plaster, and a roof of black-glazed pantiles.
Archaeological site, Vernacular architectureGrime's Graves, Thetford Forest
88 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.
Specialty museum, Museum, Science museumCharles Burrell Museum, Thetford
135 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.
Nature, Forest, ShoppingCenter Parcs UK and Ireland
80 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.
City hallThetford Guildhall, Thetford
141 min walk • Thetford Guildhall is a municipal structure in the Market Place in Thetford, Norfolk, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Thetford Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
Forts and castlesWeeting Castle, Thetford Forest
62 min walk • 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.
MonasteryThetford Priory, Thetford
131 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.
Forts and castles, Romanesque architectureThetford Castle, Thetford
146 min walk • Thetford Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in the market town of Thetford in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England.
ParkWeeting Heath, Thetford Forest
66 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.
Ruins, Historical place, ChurchHoly Sepulchre Priory, Thetford
131 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.
ChurchSt Nicholas Church, Feltwell
146 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.
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