English Heritage sites near Kennett Parish

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE

2 miles from Kennett Parish

A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.

Isleham Priory Church

ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH

6 miles from Kennett 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.

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

10 miles from Kennett Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum

DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM

13 miles from Kennett Parish

Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.

Thetford Warren Lodge

THETFORD WARREN LODGE

13 miles from Kennett 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.

Thetford, Church of the Holy Sepulchre

THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

14 miles from Kennett 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.


No churches found in Kennett Parish


Pubs in Kennett Parish

Bell Inn

Newmarket Road, Kennett, CB8 7PP
(01638) 750333
thebellkennett.co.uk

The Bell was an early 16th century coaching inn. After extensive refurbishment in 2011 it is now a comfortable village pub that retains many of the original features of the earlier coaching inn.