English Heritage sites near Somersham Parish
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
7 miles from Somersham Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
MISTLEY TOWERS
10 miles from Somersham Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL
15 miles from Somersham 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.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
15 miles from Somersham Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
15 miles from Somersham Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
15 miles from Somersham Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
Churches in Somersham Parish
Somersham, St Mary
Pubs in Somersham Parish
Duke of Marlborough
Main Rd, Somersham, IP8 4QA
(01473) 831283
thedukeofmarlborough.com