English Heritage sites near Martham Parish
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
6 miles from Martham Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
9 miles from Martham Parish
Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
9 miles from Martham Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
9 miles from Martham Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
12 miles from Martham Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
14 miles from Martham Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
Churches in Martham Parish
Martham St Mary the Virgin
Black Street
Martham
Great Yarmouth
(01493) 740823
https://marthamchurches.org.uk/
Martham St Mary is a friendly church serving the village of Martham. Our vision is: Serving our community by developing disciples of Jesus.
Please see: https://marthamchurches.org.uk
Martham St. Mary the Virgin is a mediaeval church with a 98ft tower and a ring of 6 bells the present building being finished around 1450. There are magnificent views over the eastern Norfolk Broads and North Sea coast from the tower, open during special events.
It is the largest church in the westernmost benefice in the Flegg Group of the Deanery of Great Yarmouth.
The other three churches in the Benefice are:
Repps & Bastwick, St.Peter & St.Paul; Thurne with Ashby & Oby, St. Edmund; Clippesby, St.Peter.