St Edmund’s, Acle

Open daily 10am to 4pm.

Toilets nearby

Wheelchair accessible

Shop(s) or amenities nearby

Parking nearby

Important stained glass

Rood screen

Grade I

On a bus route X1 | X11 (Norwich - Lowestoft or Belton)
7 (Norwich - Great Yarmouth)

Train station nearby Acle Station 0.3 miles

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Norwich Road, Acle, NR13 3BU

A part-thatched, round-towered church on the village’s main street. A dramatic font and delicate screen (both C15) set in a beautiful, light, uncluttered, holy space. Look out for the C14 graffito written in Latin on the north wall of the chancel during the plague: ‘Oh lamentable death, how many dost thou cast into the pit!’

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St Edmund’s, Acle

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St Edmund’s, Acle

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The Horrible Histories of Norfolk Churches

Norfolk Churches and the First World War

Round-Towered Churches of Norfolk

Churches on the Burlingham Woodland Walks

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