English Heritage sites near Langley with Hardley Parish
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
5 miles from Langley with Hardley Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
6 miles from Langley with Hardley 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
7 miles from Langley with Hardley 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.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
10 miles from Langley with Hardley 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’.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
11 miles from Langley with Hardley 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.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
12 miles from Langley with Hardley Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
Churches in Langley with Hardley Parish
Hardley: St Margaret
Lower Hardley Road
Hardley
Norfolk
(01508) 520897
http://www.chetvalleychurches.org
St Margaret, Hardley is part of the Chet Valley Benefice. You can see a guided tour of the seven churches, all medieval, in this video.
Hardley Church stands on high ground a mile north of the River Chet giving a wonderful view eastwards over the river, fields and marshes. St. Margaret's remote position helped to protect it from earlier over restoration, and it remains an unspoilt Parish Church where villagers have worshipped since Norman times. The size of the church is evidence that the village had a much more affluent past, no doubt due to the trade from the nearby river. How big a part the river played in local life is shown by the pictures of boats scratched into the pews by children of long ago. The church is frequently visted by hikers and holidaymakers from the Broads, and is open throughout the year during daylight hours.
Langley: St Michael and All Saints
Pubs in Langley with Hardley Parish
Wherry Inn
Wherry Inn, Langley