English Heritage sites near Hawkedon Parish
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
8 miles from Hawkedon Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
10 miles from Hawkedon Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
12 miles from Hawkedon Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
17 miles from Hawkedon Parish
Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.
AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS
19 miles from Hawkedon Parish
One of England's finest country houses, Audley End is also a mansion with a difference. Enjoy a great day out.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
19 miles from Hawkedon Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
Churches in Hawkedon Parish
Hawkedon, St Mary
Pubs in Hawkedon Parish
Queen's Head
Rede Rd, Hawkedon, IP29 4NN
(01284) 789218
hawkedonqueen.co.uk