English Heritage sites near Swaffham Prior Parish
DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM
4 miles from Swaffham Prior Parish
Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
7 miles from Swaffham Prior Parish
Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
9 miles from Swaffham Prior Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
DUXFORD CHAPEL
12 miles from Swaffham Prior Parish
A modest but complete and attractive 14th-century chantry chapel, perhaps originally a hospital.
AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS
18 miles from Swaffham Prior Parish
One of England's finest country houses, Audley End is also a mansion with a difference. Enjoy a great day out.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
19 miles from Swaffham Prior Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
Churches in Swaffham Prior Parish
Swaffham Prior: St Mary
High Street
Swaffham Prior
Cambridge
01638 743937
Our church is part of the Anglesey Group of parishes, together with the parishes of Bottisham, Lode, Stow-cum-Quy and Swaffham Bulbeck. Everyone is welcome to join with us at services in any of the five churches - or even in Quy Village Hall. Please see the Calendar on the "Services and events" page to find out what is happening each week.
St Mary's is one of the few remaining "two-churches-in-one-churchyard", together with the now disused church of St Cyriac and St Julitta, administered by the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Mary's has unique war memorial windows: http://www.swaffhampriorww1.org. Please do come to visit these most unusual depictions of contemporary weaponry and war personnel in stained glass.
Our services range from the traditional - Matins, Evensong, Book of Common Prayer Communion, to our popular Family Services where children participate fully in our worship.
We run a range of fundraising and social events throughout the year including Quiz Nights, Strawberry Teas etc
Pubs in Swaffham Prior Parish
Red Lion
43 High Street, Swaffham Prior, CB25 0LD
(01638) 745483
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