A few weeks ago I did another historic churches cycle ride with my friend Helen. On this occasion we polished off the group of churches sandwiched between the A47, to the south, and the river Bure too the north, east of Norwich. The weather was much kinder to us than on our previous outing but one feature which was consistent was the number of locked churches – such a pity. Our circular route started and finished at Hoveton station, lunch was at a nice little roadside cafe in Acle, and we covered just short of 50k. We visited seventeen churches in all.
The route
The Churches
St Mary Wroxham, All Saints Salhouse, St Gervase & St Protase Little Plumstead, St Mary Great Plumstead, St Margaret Witton, All Saints Hemblington, St Andrew and St Peter North Burlingham, St Edmund Acle, St Mary Fishley, St Margaret Upton, St Mary and St Lawrence South Walsham, All Saints Panxworth, St Helen Ranworth, St Fabian & St Sebastian Woodbastwick, St Mary Wroxham and St Peter Belaugh
The Photos
St Mary Wroxham
All Saints Salhouse
The unique dedication of St Gervase & St Protase – Little Plumstead
St Mary the Virgin Great Plumstead
St Margaret Witton
All Saints Hemblington
The best single surviving 14C wall painting of the St Christopher narrative in England
St Andrew North Burlingham
St Peter North Burlingham
St Edmund Acle
Detail of stained glass
St Mary Fishley
St Margaret Upton
Interior detail
South Walsham St Mary
and St Lawrence
All Saints Panxworth
St Helen Ranworth. Unfortunately the whole of the exterior and some of the interior was covered in scaffolding, so here’s some detail of the lovely painted rood screen
St Fabian & St Sebastian Woodbastwick
and finally St Peter Belaugh, sitting high above the river Bure.
