St John and St Mary, Blakeney Point

Name: St John and St Mary
Address: Blakeney Point, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Blakeney Point

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St John the Baptist and St Mary's Church is the parish church of Stiffkey in the English county of Norfolk. It is dedicated to St John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary; the double dedication is the result of, historically, there being two churches in the churchyard. St Mary's was deconsecrated in 1563, and abandoned; St John's then being renamed. The church is best known for its association with Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey who was defrocked in 1932 and subsequently killed by a lion in Skegness. ()

Coordinates: 52°56'52"N, 0°56'16"E

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Blakeney Point United Kingdom

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St John and St Mary – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thursford Collection, Holkham Hall, St Nicholas, Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

5.3 miS
Museum, Science museum
Thursford Collection, Fakenham
135 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Norfolk's picturesque countryside, the Thursford Collection offers an enchanting journey into the bygone era of steam engines and fairground attractions. This unique museum, situated in the small village of Thursford near Fakenham, United...
5.4 miW
Palladian country house attraction
Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea
139 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.
3.6 miE
Church
St Nicholas, Blakeney
93 min walk • St Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt and the Diocese of Norwich. The church was founded in the 13th century, but the greater part of the church dates from the 15th century when Blakeney was a seaport of some importance.
4.5 miSW
Temple, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
115 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.
1.9 miS
Monastery, Church
Binham Priory
50 min walk • St Mary's Priory, Binham, or Binham Priory, is a ruined Benedictine priory located in the village of Binham in the English county of Norfolk. Today the nave of the much larger priory church has become the Church of St. Mary and the Holy Cross and is still used as a place of worship.
5.8 miSW
Church
Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham
149 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.
4.4 miE
Windmill, Hotel
Cley Windmill
113 min walk • Cley Windmill is a Grade II* listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
4.6 miE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
St Margaret's
117 min walk • St Margaret's is the Anglican parish church of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt, the Archdeaconry of Lynn and the Diocese of Norwich. The dedication is to St Margaret of Antioch. It is the largest church in the Blakeney Haven area, with a nave to match, and dates from 1320 to 1340.
4.4 miE
Museum
The Shell Museum
112 min walk • The Shell Museum in Glandford, Norfolk is the oldest museum in the county and holds one of the country's largest collections of sea shells. It was founded by Alfred Jodrell. As well as sea shells it contains articles made out of shells, fossils, bird eggs and local archaeological finds. It also has a collection of work by John Craske.
5 miE
Forts and castles
Cley Marshes, Blakeney
128 min walk • Cley Marshes is a 176-hectare nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England just outside the village of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, which is itself the oldest county Wildlife Trust in the United Kingdom.
6.7 miSW
Manor house
East Barsham Manor
170 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.