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Castle Acre Castle

Photo of Castle Acre Castle, a ruined castle in Norfolk, eastern England.

Castle Acre Castle

© Richard Croft / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Richard Croft / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Castle Acre Castle

Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Castle Acre Castle is a castle in Norfolk. It is one of 13 castles the Albion Guide maps in the county. Nearby castles include Castle Acre Priory and Mileham Castle.

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More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Castle Acre Castle

Photo along the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path, a 158-mile National Trail running from Thetford to Cromer, eastern England.Highlight

Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

National Trail

A Roman road to the sea, then saltmarsh, seal colonies and enormous Norfolk skies.

0.1 km W · Norfolk

Photo of Castle Acre Priory, a ruined castle in Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Castle Acre Priory

Castle near Castle Acre

Cluniac ruins with an ornate west front.

0.5 km SW

Photo of Castle Acre, a village in Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Castle Acre

Village

Chalk-stream village set inside a Norman planned town, with a castle earthwork and priory ruins at either end.

1.5 km W · Norfolk

Photo of St Andrew, East Lexham, a church in Norfolk, eastern England.

St Andrew, East Lexham

Church near East Lexham

Round-towered church whose rubble tower is reckoned among the oldest of its kind in England.

4.3 km NE

Photo of the River Wensum, a 44-mile river running from near Fakenham to River Yare at Norwich, eastern England.

River Wensum

River

Norfolk's chalk river, looping past watermills and grazing marsh through Fakenham and Norwich to meet the Yare.

11.1 km NE · Norfolk

Photo of Houghton Hall, a Grade I registered house & garden near Great Massingham, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Houghton Hall

House & garden near Great Massingham

Walpole's Palladian palace with white deer.

13.9 km N