English Heritage sites near Yaxley Parish
SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL
10 miles from Yaxley Parish
Saxtead Green Post Mill is a corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base and was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century.
FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE
12 miles from Yaxley Parish
Framlingham Castle is a magnificent 12th century fortress with a long and colourful past which makes a fascinating family day out in Suffolk.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
17 miles from Yaxley Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD PRIORY
17 miles from Yaxley Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
17 miles from Yaxley Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
18 miles from Yaxley Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.