Saint Mary

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St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of East Ruston, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in an isolated position on the east side of the B1159 road, some 2 miles north of Stalham. It is noted for its 15th-century painted and carved chancel screen. ()

Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 52°48'14"N, 1°30'22"E

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Saint Mary – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paston Way, The Museum of the Broads, Weavers' Way, St Nicholas Church.

5.1 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Paston Way, North Walsham
131 min walk • The Paston Way is a footpath. It is entirely within the English county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The footpath is twenty miles in length, the portals to the path are Cromer at its northwestern end and North Walsham at it southeastern end.
2.6 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
The Museum of the Broads, Norfolk Broads
65 min walk • The Museum of the Broads is an accredited museum and registered charity in Stalham, Norfolk, England. It describes its mission as being to "bring the story of the Broads alive". The Norfolk Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
1.8 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Weavers' Way, Stalham and Sutton
47 min walk • The Weavers' Way is a 61-mile long-distance footpath in Norfolk, England. Much of the Weavers’ Way footpath follows the old trackbed of the Aylsham to Great Yarmouth railway line operated by Midland and Great Northern Railway Company.
5.1 miW
Church
St Nicholas Church, North Walsham
131 min walk • St Nicholas Church is a parish church in the Church of England in the centre of the Norfolk town of North Walsham. The building is a well known landmark, notable for its collapsed tower.
~920 ftNE
Park, Garden
East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens
5 min walk • East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens is a notable privately owned garden in the county of Norfolk at East Ruston in Eastern England. The gardens were established in 1973 by Alan Gray and Graham Robeson, who have created a 32-acre design which incorporates exuberant and innovative planting alongside a more traditional formal design.
4.5 miNW
Memorial
Paston Great Barn, Norfolk Coast AONB
115 min walk • Paston Great Barn is a medieval barn near Paston Hall on the southeast edge of the village of Paston, in northeast Norfolk. It is owned by the North Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust. It dates from 1581 and is associated with the Paston family. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a grade II* Listed Building.
2.3 miSE
Church
The Ingham Swan
60 min walk • Holy Trinity Church in Ingham, Norfolk, England has been designated as a Grade I listed building by Historic England. The tower dates from the 15th century.
2.9 miS
Windmill
Hunsett Mill, Norfolk Broads
75 min walk • Hunsett Mill is located on the east bank of the River Ant one mile north of Barton Broad in the English county of Norfolk. The Windmill is 1.2 miles south west of the town of Stalham. The mill structure is a grade II listed building.
4.1 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Norfolk Coast Path
106 min walk • The Norfolk Coast Path is a long-distance footpath in Norfolk, running 83 miles from Hunstanton to Hopton-on-Sea. It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB.
2.4 miE
Church
St Andrew's Church
62 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Hempstead is the Church of England parish church of Hempstead, near Stalham, Norfolk, England. Hempstead is in Lessingham civil parish about 7+1⁄2 miles east of North Walsham and 1⁄2 mile from the North Sea coast.
4.4 miS
Church
St Michael and All Angels Church
113 min walk • St Michael and All Angels is the Church of England parish church of Barton Turf in the county of Norfolk in England. See Inside here. It stands about a kilometre south-west of the village in the midst of a plantation of trees. Particularly notable for its surviving paintings, the church is listed with Grade I.