English Heritage sites near Shimpling Parish
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
8 miles from Shimpling Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
8 miles from Shimpling Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
13 miles from Shimpling Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
17 miles from Shimpling Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
19 miles from Shimpling Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
19 miles from Shimpling Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
Churches in Shimpling Parish
St George's, Shimpling
Aveley Lane
Shimpling
Bury St Edmunds
01787 310845
http://alphetonandshimplingchurches.org.uk/
St George's is one of the Churches in the Chadbrook Benefice.
Pubs in Shimpling Parish
Bush
Traditional pub with exposed beams & flagstone floors. The Bush has a cosy bar with a log fire, a large restaurant and a large pub garden where meals can be served al fresco in the summer months. Family and dog friendly.
Pub has reopened M...