Photo of Norwich Cathedral, a cathedral in Norfolk, eastern England.

Norwich CathedralPhoto Manousos Kampanellis / Pexels

Churches in NorfolkNorfolk, England

16 churches in the Albion Guide across Norfolk — see the full churches directory, or everything to explore in Norfolk.

Norwich Cathedral

Norman cathedral of cream Caen stone begun in 1096, with England's second-tallest spire and hundreds of carved medieval roof bosses.

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Binham Priory

Priory near Little Walsingham

A west front with the earliest surviving bar tracery in England, before 1244.

St Agnes, Cawston

Church near Cawston

Medieval wool church whose hammerbeam roof carries a flight of six-foot carved angels in original colours.

St Andrew, East Lexham

Church near East Lexham

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

St Mary the Virgin, Worstead

Church near Worstead

Grand 14th-century wool church in the village that gave worsted cloth its name.

St Mary, Burnham Deepdale

Church near Burnham Deepdale

Round-tower coastal church treasured for its carved Norman font of the labours of the months.

St Mary, Happisburgh

Church near Happisburgh

Clifftop church whose 110-foot tower long doubled as a seamark above the treacherous sands.

Wymondham Abbey

Abbey near Wymondham

A lopsided silhouette from monks and townspeople raising rival towers.

St Clement, Terrington St Clement

Church near Terrington St Clement

The soaring 'Cathedral of the Marshes' rising over the flat Fenland fields of west Norfolk.

St Helen, Ranworth

Church near Ranworth

Broadland church holding a painted medieval rood screen and an 89-step tower with a marsh panorama.

St Margaret, Hales

Church near Hales

Little-altered round-tower Norman church with a thatched roof and an elaborate carved doorway.

St Mary, Beachamwell

Church near Beachamwell

Thatched round-tower church of Saxon origin in a quiet Breckland village.

St Mary, Gissing

Church near Gissing

Well-kept round-tower church in south Norfolk with a fine double-hammerbeam angel roof.

St Nicholas, Blakeney

Church near Blakeney

Coastal wool church with a second slim tower said to have guided ships into the haven.

St Peter and St Paul, Salle

Church near Salle

Vast, near-perfect 15th-century wool church marooned among fields, often called the finest in Norfolk.

St Peter Mancroft, Norwich

Church near Norwich

Great Perpendicular town church on the market place, with medieval glass and a famous ring of bells.