Binham Priory
The ruins of an 11th-century Benedictine priory whose nave still serves as the parish church. Its early Gothic west front is very rare.
Binham Priory was founded in 1091. After the monastery was dissolved, most of its buildings collapsed, but the nave survived to become the parish church of Our Lady and the Holy Cross. The west front contains some of the earliest Gothic window tracery in England, and the church also houses a medieval reredos that was later altered. The surrounding ruins are open free of charge and managed by English Heritage. The priory lies in the fields about 8 km southeast of Wells and makes a good stop when driving.
Opening hours
Ruins open all day; church open during daytime
Nearby sights
- Thursford Collection & Christmas Spectacular
- Blakeney Point Seals
- Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
- Walsingham
- Blakeney Village & Quay
- Wells-next-the-Sea Quay & Town
- Cley Windmill
- Wells Beach & Beach Huts